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The Jewel House
- Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 110
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 95
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Story3 out of 5 stars 96
Best-selling author Deborah E. Harkness explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London, where a boisterous and diverse group of men and women shared a keen interest in the study of nature. These assorted merchants, gardeners, barber-surgeons, midwives, instrument makers, mathematics teachers, engineers, alchemists, and other experimenters, she contends, formed a patchwork scientific community whose practices set the stage for the Scientific Revolution.
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Should have read reviews first!
- By Doris Elaine Wilkinson on 07-27-16
- The Jewel House
- Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
Not What I Expected
Reviewed: 01-19-20
When you don’t read a description of the book before you buy, you may be surprised. I really enjoyed Deborah Harkness previous trilogy and I got this book because of the authors’ name. It was definitely different! It is well written and well researched, but for me, it was a snooze. The level of detail, was tremendous. I would recommend it for those readers who want the backstory.
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