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The man who saw the future : a biography of William Lilly : the 17th-century astrologer who changed the course of the English Civil War
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ISBN: 1780288123 178028800X 1336008253 Year: 2015 Publisher: London, England : Watkins,

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A spellbinding tale of prophecy, power and politics, this book tells the fascinating story of the 17th-century astrologer William Lilly - how his celestial forecasts of the future changed the course of the English Civil War, and the establishment's attempts to silence him. Winter, 1643. Astrologer William Lilly is gazing at a chamber pot. Parliament has asked him to help: will leader John Pym live or die? Using an ancient astrological technique called horary, Lilly predicts Pym will die in eight days' time. He is correct. In the pages of his best-selling pamphlets, Lilly enthrals the

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