John Dee

John Dee (July 13, 1527 – 1608 or 1609) was a noted British mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He also devoted much of his life to alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy.

Dee in fiction

• Peter Ackroyd's novel The House of Doctor Dee (1994) tells the story of a man who inherits a house previously inhabited by Dee; the story of Dee becomes woven with that of the contemporary owner. ISBN 0140171177
• A series of books by Armin Shimerman fictionalises Dee's life by providing a science fictional basis for his supposed magic.
• The Queen's Fool (2004), a novel by Philippa Gregory, is a fictionalised account of the 1550s that includes John Dee as a minor character.
• H. P. Lovecraft's short story "The Dunwich Horror" credits John Dee with translating the Necronomicon into English.
• John Crowley's sequence of novels Ægypt includes Dee, Kelley, and Giordano Bruno as characters.
• Gustav Meyrink's spiritual novel The Angel of the West Window (1927) features John Dee as the second major protagonist.
• In Umberto Eco's book Foucault's Pendulum, Dee appears in the middle of a conspiracy theory in lots of texts written by one of the characters.
• In Derek Jarman's film Jubilee, Dee serves as the catalyst for the plot.
• In Neil Gaiman's graphic novel Marvel 1602, Dee's position as Advisor to the Queen Elizabeth has been taken by Doctor Strange.
• In Michael Moorcock's novel Gloriana, Doctor Dee appears in a fantasy very loosely based on Elizabeth's court.
• In Robin Jarvis's novel Deathscent, the first book of trilogy, Dee is a major character in a fantastic version of Elizabethan England.
• In Philip Pullman's novel Northern Lights, Dee is mentioned briefly in an alternate Elizabethan England.
• In ', Dee is briefly confused by some wizards who appear in a magic circle claiming to come from another sphere, talk to a crystal ball, and attempt to convince him that there's no such thing as magic.
• In a song John Dee by Larisa Bocharova (aka Lora Provansal') (2001). Russian. MP3