Author: MCCALMAN, IAIN
Title: The Last Alchemist : Count Cagliostro, Master of Magic in the Age of Reason / Iain McCalman
Description: New York : Harpercollinspublishers 2003. First Edition. Exceptional; fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 272 pages; Provides a dazzling portrait of 18th century European culture and history. Subjects: Cagliostro. Alessandro. conte di 1743-1795. Occultists --Europe --Biography. Summary: Who was the mysterious Count Cagliostro? Depending on whom you ask. he was either a great healer or a dangerous charlatan. Internationally acclaimed historian Iain McCalman documents how Cagliostro crossed paths -- and often swords -- with the likes of Catherine the Great. Marie Antoinette. and Pope Pius VI. He was a muse to William Blake and the inspiration for both Mozart's Magic Flute and Goethe's Faust. Louis XVI had him thrown into the Bastille for his alleged involvement in what would come to be known as 'the affair of the necklace.' Yet in London. Warsaw. and St. Petersburg. he established 'healing clinics' for the poorest of the poor. and his dexterity in the worlds of alchemy and spiritualism won him acclaim among the nobility across Europe.Weight in Kg appr.:

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