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The Seven Ordeals of Count Cagliostro
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
The Seven Ordeals of Count Cagliostro
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Iain McCalman
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:390 | Dimensions(mm): Height 107,Width 197 |
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ISBN/Barcode |
9780732273989
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Classifications | Dewey:945.07092 920 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | General | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
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Imprint |
Fourth Estate
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Publication Date |
26 May 2004 |
Publication Country |
Australia
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Description
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 that he became the central figure in both Goethe's Faust, Part One and Mozart's the Magic Flute. the Count's story is told through the eyes of seven of his contemporaries, including Casanova, Goethe and Catherine the Great.
Author Biography
Dr. Iain McCalman is the director of the Humanities Research Centre at the Australian National University, an internationally renowned cultural historian, and author/editor of seven scholarly works.
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