The Wizard Earl - Dixon, Peter
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Who were the mysterious 'School of Night'? Find out the true story behind a group of highly connected free-thinkers, alchemists, astrologers, scientists and poets who challenged science in 17th century England and their comnnection to the Gunpowder Plot ans Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. Meet henry Percy 'The Wizard Earl' and learn of the treachery that brought hin a 16 year sentence in the Tower of London for a crime he did not commit.

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Who were the mysterious 'School of Night'? Find out the true story behind a group of highly connected free-thinkers, alchemists, astrologers, scientists and poets who challenged science in 17th century England and their comnnection to the Gunpowder Plot ans Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'. Meet henry Percy 'The Wizard Earl' and learn of the treachery that brought hin a 16 year sentence in the Tower of London for a crime he did not commit.
Autorenporträt
Peter Dixon is a nonfiction author who writes both from a Christian perspective and in the history genre, aiming in the latter to bring the past to life through human stories on war and peace. He served for over 30 years as a Royal Air Force pilot and spent the next decade leading the charity Concordis International in its conflict resolution work in Sudan and other divided societies. His PhD research at the University of Cambridge focused on outside intervention in civil wars.He and his wife Ingrid, also an author, work from their home in Gloucestershire, England, when their five grandchildren allow them to do so.