Scholar, Courtier, Magician: the Lost Library of John Dee

A free exhibition exploring the life and legacy of John Dee, one of Tudor England's most extraordinary and enigmatic figures.

'A revelatory show. As the visitor peers, he finds himself drawn ever more deeply not just into the historical world of the Tudors but into the labyrinthine mind of one of its most riveting denizens.' The Times

Mathematician, magician, astronomer, atrologer, imperlialist, alcemist and spy, John Dee (1527 - 1609) continues to fasinate and inspire cenuries after he entered the court of Elizabeth I.

The exhibition explores Dee through his personal library. On display for the first time are Dee's mathematical, astronomical and alchemical texts, many elabortately annotated and illustrated by Dee's own hand. Now held in the collections of the Royal College of Physicians, they reveal tantalising glimpses into the 'conjuror's mind'.