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The Constant: A History of Getting Things Wrong
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John Dee's Secret Life
John Dee is said to have been the inspiration for Prospero, in Shakespeare's The Tempest. His image of a tall, spindly man with a long robe, tall hat, long white hair, and long white beard became the prototypical image for wizards to come. He sent secret dispatches to the Queen, signed with a very specific signature,. taken from one of his secret alphabets.
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