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The Professor of Secrets
Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy
Written by William Eamon

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $26.00

In the tradition of Galileo’s Daughter and Brunelleschi’s Dome, this exciting story illuminates the captivating world of the late Renaissance–in this case its plagues, remedies, and alchemy–through the life of Leonardo Fioravanti, a brilliant, remarkably forward-thinking, and utterly unconventional doctor. Fioravanti’s marvelous cures and talent for self-aggrandizement earned him the adoration... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

The Professor of Secrets
Mystery, Medicine, and Alchemy in Renaissance Italy
Written by William Eamon

Format: eBook, 368 pages
Publisher: National Geographic
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $26.00

Read more >
Also available as a hardcover.
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