This books contains a mix of historical fact and fiction, and locations both real and imagined in Oxford, inspired by my time spent studying at the university. Although Sir Walter Raleigh attended the University briefly, Raleigh College does not exist, but I picture it situated in much the same location as Magdalen College, on the banks of the river Cherwell. While Raleigh was a contemporary of Shakespeare and known to have associated with other prominent thinkers of the era, the existence of a “School of Night” has never been proven. The famed quote from Love’s Labour’s Lost is open to many interpretations, and has been debated by scholars and historians with far more knowledge of the era than I.