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Christopher J.T. Lewis

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Christopher is an unreliable narrator living somewhere in the East of England. Any resemblance to an actual person, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Oh, alright. Christopher is a (very) ancient historian and writer living in Cambridge, England.

Galileo's Revenge, or A Cure for the Itch, to give its full title, is my first work of fiction and was published on 19th November.

Christopher’s previous works include Heat and Thermodynamics. A historical perspective (2007) which apparently won an award from the prestigious US journal Choice as one of the ‘Best Academic Books of the Year 2008’ – or something like that.
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Christopher J.T. Lewis A few years ago I was working on a biography of Galileo. For better or worse, a couple of other excellent scholars had already had the same idea, so I…moreA few years ago I was working on a biography of Galileo. For better or worse, a couple of other excellent scholars had already had the same idea, so I set my project aside. But I had always been especially intrigued by Galileo's relatively ill-documented youth, and I was familiar with the story of Duke Francesco de' Medici and the beautiful Bianca Cappello. So one day, as I was walking along the promenade at Southwold, I thought: maybe combine those two stories, maybe make Galileo into some sort private dick, solving crimes . . . Surely it must be easier just to make things up, and not have to check footnotes? Little did I know.(less)

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The charlatan’s song

Maids of the chamber or of the kitchen,
If you be troubled with an itchin’,
Come give me but a kiss or two,
And there is that shall soon cure you.
(chorus)
Nor Galen nor Hippocrates
Did e’re do such cures as these.

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