About the Author

Paul Monod is A. Barton Hepburn Professor of History at Middlebury College. He lives in Weybridge, VT.

Reviews

"A definitive document of its material."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
*Publisher's Weekly *

“[A] serious yet lively work, chockablock with facts, anecdotes, and original research.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post
*The Washington Post*

“A first-class study of the pursuit of the occult in England from the Restoration through 1815.”—Library Journal
*Library Journal*

"...[T]he book contains a wealth of information that adds to the ongoing scholarly conversations regarding the dynamics of the shifting fortunes of alchemy, astrology, and magic (both natural and ritual) in the early modern period."—Lawrence Principe, Chicago Journals
*Chicago Journals*