The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution

Not just a few elite scientists, but Londoners from all walks of life—lawyers, prisoners, midwives, merchants—participated in the scientific community of Elizabethan times Bestselling author Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night) explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, ins...