MagusAt the heart of the extraordinary ferment of the High Renaissance stood a distinctive, strange and beguiling figure: the magus. An unstable mix of scientist, bibliophile, engineer, fabulist and fraud, the magus ushered in modern physics and chemistry while also working on everything from secret codes to siege engines to magic tricks. Anthony Grafton's wonderfully original book discusses the careers of men who somehow managed to be both figures of

In the summer of 1885

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resulting in a climax more haunting than any to be found in the silent films of Charles Beauvois

from his childhood with a con man father to his inimitable career as a writer

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Chasing their doubles across Europe

in the 21st century

amplified through the worldwide protests following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a uniformed police officer

thousands of soldiers undertook the immense and dangerous task of gathering up the dead for mass burial

HOURS OF MADDENING FUN

but never quite able to catch up

who is desperate to take him home to be her pet - if only her mum and dad would let her