The house of Doctor Dee
By: Peter Acroyd.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Hardmondsworth
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
Subjects: English fiction -- 20th century
Description: This novel centres on the famous 16th-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee. Reputedly a black magician, he was imprisoned by Queen Mary for allegedly attempting to kill her through sorcery. When Matthew Palmer inherits an old house in Clerkenwell, he feels that he has become part of its past.