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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alec Ryrie (Reader in Church History, University of Durham)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 19.60cm Weight: 0.246kg ISBN: 9780199570904ISBN 10: 0199570906 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 02 September 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsChronology Foreword 1: The Nobleman 2: The Physician 3: The Underworld 4: The Magician 5: The Preacher 6: Conclusion: Barbarians at the Gates Appendix: Gregory Wisdom's WillReviewsHold tight, it's a breath-taking trip. Manchester Evening News `Review from previous edition It would be hard not to love this book. It relates a fascinating, neglected story; it is wonderfully well written but also bears the hallmarks of a rigorous and inventive historical imagination; and it makes all sorts of unexpected connotations between seemingly unconnected aspects of Tutor society.' Jonathan Wright, The Tablet `Advance Praise: This is a treat. It's a great story, an exciting piece of detective work, a portrait of some delectably appalling characters, and tells us much that is new about the Tudor underworld of crime and magic. ' Ronald Hutton, author of The Triumph of the Moon: A History of Pagan Witchcraft `Ryrie displays his customary elegant wit in illuminating Tudor England from unexpected angles, not least in revealing that piety and Protestantism, thuggery and fraud, can be entertainingly close in their kinship. This is religion without any decline in magic.' Diarmaid MacCulloch, author of Reformation: Europe's House Divided `This is the past seen from the inside, and from as low a vantage as possible. Very elegantly written... The investigative work [Ryrie] has undertaken must have been arduous, but his surmises are apt and his interpretations happy.' Peter Ackroyd, The Times `Ryrie takes us on a journey into areas of Tudor England which rarely make it into the popular history books. Starting from what can be pieced together about one obscure figure, he opens up a world of con - men, magicians, prostitutes, astrolgers, dubious doctors and aristocrats down on their luck. His subject matter combines with a deft writing style which carries his readers down a variety of gloriously unexpected by-ways, and leaves them wanting to know more about the Tudor underworld he evokes so vividly. ' James Sharpe, author of The Bewitching of Anne Gunter `Fascinating insight into a lost and lurid world.' Daily Telegraph `The author lets his story unfold with considerable flair.' Owen Davies, BBC History Magazine `A Tudor story that glitters with wit and erudition. Ryrie has produced a veritable nugget of gold.' Leanda de Lisle, History Today `He excavates many nuggets of fascinating information.' Literary Review `The book illuminates various shady pathways of Tudor political and social history, and the author lets his story unfold with considerable flair.' BBC Music Magazine. `He excavates many nuggets of fascinating information.' Literary Review Author InformationAlec Ryrie studied history at Cambridge, St. Andrews, and Oxford, and is now Reader in Church History at Durham University, specializing in the history of the Reformation. He lives in the Pennines with his wife, son, and cat. The Sorcerer's Tale is his third book. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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