About the book

The Magick of Master Lilly is a novel based on the life of the extraordinary astrologer William Lilly during the years of the First English Civil War (1641-1649) I have woven fact with some fiction and created a love story about survival, triumph, and loss. The Magick Of Master Lilly is set in besieged war-torn Puritan London I have woven fact with some fiction. Lilly himself, the most famous horary astrologer ever (he accurately predicted the fire of London 12 years before it happened) is a fascinating character, some would call him a wizard, an astute political strategist, and a self-promoter. But many call him a genius. William Lilly, who was also rumored to be a practicing magician, thrived during the English Civil War and became the most influential horary astrologer advising both Cromwell and King Charles. Written from Lilly’s perspective this is an account of his life during the 1st Civil War a thrilling account of betrayal, mystical cults, cunning folk, witches, the battlefields of the civil war as well as a blood-drenched besieged London.