The Seven Ordeals of Count Cagliostro by Iain McCalman
The Many Lives of the Greatest Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century
Guiseppe Balsamo, the Count of Cagliostro, was an 18th Century Sicilian who became a magician, a mystic, a healer, a Freemason, swindler and last, but not least, a pornographer. He was famous throughout Europe, and so popular in France that his imprisonment for allegedly stealing a diamond necklace from Marie Antoinette fanned the flames of revolution . . .
The Count was so controversial, he became the central figure in both Goethe;s 'Faust', Part One and Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'. His story is told through the eyes of seven of his contemporaries, including Casanova, Goethe and Catherine the Great.
Format: Paperback | 390 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.4 | 274g
Publication Date: 26 May 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperPerennial
Publication City/Country: Pymble, SYD, Australia
Language: English
Illustrations note: b&w illustrations
ISBN10: 0732273986
ISBN13: 9780732273989
Condition: Good
A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Some damage to the cover including scuff marks, scratches, and creasing, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with some creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.