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Oh, for fuck's sake.
I just had a big post and now IE's gone and fucked it up. Bastardwankshitfire.
Ahem.
Right. There's two Dee books worth seeking out: Benjamin Woolley's The Queen's Conjuror and The Angel Of The West Window by Gustav Meyrink. The latter's more fictional, really, while the former talks more in the line of pure biog. Both are good, though the first is referenced tolerably well. Check them out. Also, there's a biog available at the John Dee Society's homepage though I've not read it.
What comes to light is more the idea that Dee was pursued/travelled around Europe because of his run-ins with state and church over his beliefs: he was fairly scientific, though was very much into new science (he corresponded with many leading lights in mapping, say) and astronomy/astrology, both of which were considered fairly dangerous things to be into at that point. It's hinted that, like Marlowe, he could've been in the pay of the state, acting as a spy - actually, I think he was - but it's difficult to tell: the spymaster of the day was as slippery then as you'd expect 'em to be now.
There's a couple of references found on this page, though nothing substantial, really.
What may be worth looking around some magickal pages: I know that there's bits and pieces of Dee's Enochian writings floating around the place, and there are efforts to get all his extant works onto the web. Try here, maybe.
Actually, this story about Dee and secret societies could be worth a look, too.
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. A good book on how a bunch of conspiracies were actually organised and run would be nice.