Alchemy: Spies, magic and the Elizabethan world. With SJ Parris

Was SJ Parris's protagonist, Giordano Bruno, really a spy? What was his relationship with top Elizabethan spymaster Francis Walsingham? To buy Alchemy, click here. For more on SJ Parris, the pseudonym of writer and journalist Stephanie Merritt, click here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices