'Rachel Morris is one of the smartest storytellers I have ever met' James Rebanks, author of The Shepherd's Life

All things were believable back then – wizards, alchemy, fairies, angels. This is the story of those magical times.

A lyrical and highly atmospheric exploration of the lives of Renaissance magicians, men from Dee to Kepler to Bruno were also scientists, astrologers and alchemists. Their studies and ideas still permeate books and film from Philip Pullman to CS Lewis. But what of the rest of the household, the lovers, wives, mothers and daughters who supported their travelling households, packing up the libraries, growing herbs and noting the spells?

With fictional imaginings of the domestic lives that supported them Rachel Morris magically animates undocumented women and children lives in this era of discovery and wizardry.