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The Jewel House. The Jewel House: Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution is a history of 16th-century London by American scholar Deborah Harkness. It explores the alchemical community of London in the 16th century, focusing on key figures from the time period whose accomplishments led to the Scientific Revolution. [1]
Oct 24, 2007 · Deborah Harkness is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of Shadow of Night and The Book of Life, among other titles. A history professor at the University of Southern California, she has received Fulbright, Guggenheim, and National Humanities Center fellowships.
From the Jewel house to Salomon's house. Coda. Publisher's summary. This book 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, instrument makers ...
Oct 28, 2008 · The first book in Harkness’s beloved All Souls series, A Discovery of Witches, was an instant New York Times bestseller and the series has since expanded with the addition of subsequent NYT bestsellers, Shadow of Night (2012), The Book of Life (2014), and Time’s Convert (2018), as well as the companion reader, The World of All Souls.
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Review of: DEBORAH E. HARKNESS, The Jewel House. Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution. New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 2007. 349 pp., ISBN 978-0-300-11196-5
Printed in the United States of America by Vail-Ballou Press, Binghamton, New York. The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows: Harkness, Deborah E., 1965-The Jewel house : Elizabethan London and the scientific revolution / Deborah E. Harkness. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Deborah E. Harkness Yale University Press , 2007 - History - 349 pages 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.
