Judith Cook
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Judith Cook was an anti-nuclear campaigner, historical novelist, journalist and lecturer in theatre at the University of Exeter
. She wrote several mysteries based on the casebooks of Dr Simon Forman
, an Elizabethan doctor and astrologer
.
Through the columns of the Guardian women's page, edited by the late Mary Stott, she founded the anti-nuclear organisation Voice of Women after the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when the world seemed on the verge of nuclear war.
University of Exeter
The University of Exeter is a public university in South West England. It belongs to the 1994 Group, an association of 19 of the United Kingdom's smaller research-intensive universities....
. She wrote several mysteries based on the casebooks of Dr Simon Forman
Simon Forman
Simon Forman was arguably the most popular Elizabethan astrologer, occultist and herbalist active in London during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England. His reputation, however, was severely tarnished after his death when he was implicated in the plot to kill Sir Thomas Overbury...
, an Elizabethan doctor and astrologer
Astrologer
An astrologer practices one or more forms of astrology. Typically an astrologer draws a horoscope for the time of an event, such as a person's birth, and interprets celestial points and their placements at the time of the event to better understand someone, determine the auspiciousness of an...
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Through the columns of the Guardian women's page, edited by the late Mary Stott, she founded the anti-nuclear organisation Voice of Women after the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, when the world seemed on the verge of nuclear war.
Casebook of Dr Simon Forman
- Death Of A Lady's Maid (1997)
- Murder at the Rose (1998)
- Blood on the Borders (1999)
- Kill The Witch (1999)
- School of the Night (2000)
Non-fiction
- Directors' Theatre: Sixteen Leading Theatre Directors on the State of Theatre in Britain Today (1974)
- National Theatre (1976)
- Cornish Walks and Legends (1979)
- Women in Shakespeare (1980)
- Apprentices of Freedom (1981)
- Portrait of a Poison: The 2,4,5-T Story (1982)
- Shakespeare's Players (1983)
- When I Set Out for Lyonesse: Cornish Walks and Legends (1984)
- The Waste Remains (1984)
- Close to the Earth: Living Social History of the British Isles (1984)
- Who Killed Hilda MurrellHilda MurrellHilda Murrell was a rose grower, naturalist, diarist and campaigner against nuclear energy and weapons. She was abducted in her own car and found murdered five miles from her home in Shropshire, in a case which remains controversial.-Life:Hilda Murrell was born on 3 February 1906 in Shrewsbury,...
? (1985) - Price of Freedom (1986)
- At the Sign of the Swan: Introduction to Shakespeare's Contemporaries (1986)
- Red Alert: Worldwide Dangers of Nuclear Power (1986)
- Backstage (1987)
- Whose Health Is It Anyway? (1987)
- An Accident Waiting to Happen (1989)
- Dirty Water (1989)
- Daphne: Portrait of Daphne Du MaurierDaphne du MaurierDame Daphne du Maurier, Lady Browning DBE was a British author and playwright.Many of her works have been adapted into films, including the novels Rebecca and Jamaica Inn and the short stories "The Birds" and "Don't Look Now". The first three were directed by Alfred Hitchcock.Her elder sister was...
(1992) - To Brave Every Danger: The Epic Life of Mary BryantMary BryantMary Bryant was a Cornish convict sent to Australia. She became one of the first successful escapees from the fledgling Australian penal colony.-Life:...
of Fowey (1994) - Unlawful Killing: Murder of Hilda MurrellHilda MurrellHilda Murrell was a rose grower, naturalist, diarist and campaigner against nuclear energy and weapons. She was abducted in her own car and found murdered five miles from her home in Shropshire, in a case which remains controversial.-Life:Hilda Murrell was born on 3 February 1906 in Shrewsbury,...
(1994) - Sleaze File...: and How to Clean Up British Politics (1995)
- The Golden Age of the English Theatre (1996)
- Singing from the Walls: The Life and Art of Elizabeth ForbesElizabeth Forbes (artist)Elizabeth Adela Forbes was a Canadian painter who was primarily active in England. She often featured children in her paintings and Schools Out is one of her most popular works. She was friends with the artists James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Walter Sickert, both of whom influenced her work...
(2000) (with Melissa Hardie and Christiana Payne) - Dr Simon FormanSimon FormanSimon Forman was arguably the most popular Elizabethan astrologer, occultist and herbalist active in London during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England. His reputation, however, was severely tarnished after his death when he was implicated in the plot to kill Sir Thomas Overbury...
: A Most Notorious Physician (2001) - The Year of the Pyres: The 2001 Foot and Mouth Epidemic (2001)
- Gill Watkiss - Paintings 1974-2002 (2002)
- Pirate Queen: The Life of Grace O'Malley 1530-1603 (2003)
- Roaring Boys: Playwrights and Players in Elizabethan and Jacobean England (2005)
- "Priestley" Biography of J B Priestley (1997)
External links
- Obituary from The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
- Judith Cook at Fantastic Fiction