From the bestselling author of 'The Queen's Conjuror', comes the story of Nicholas Culpeper -- legendary rebel, radical, Puritan, and author of the great 'Herbal'. This is a powerful history of medicine's first freedom fighter set in London during Britain's age of revolution.

Stunning epic history of the first Virginia Colony and the true story of Pocahontas, to coincide with the colony's 400th anniversary in 2007.

Presents the story of Ada Lovelace, the daughter of Lord Byron, who was connected with some of the influential characters of the age including Charles Dickens, Michael Faraday, Charles Darwin and Charles Babbage. Her work with Babbage led to her being credited with the invention of computer programming.

A spellbinding portrait of Queen Elizabeth's conjuror -- the great philosopher, scientist and magician, Dr John Dee (1527--1608) and a history of Renaissance science that could well be the next 'Longitude'.