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1 online resource (293 pages) |
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Cover; COUNT CAGLIOSTRO: AN AUTHENTIC STORY OF A MYSTERIOUS LIFE; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; I CAGLIOSTRO'S BIOGRAPHER; II THE DISCIPLE'S REVERIE; III CAGLIOSTRO AT ROVERETO; IV EARLY LIFE AND ADVENTURES; V THE EMERGENCE OF CAGLIOSTRO; VI TRAVELS IN GERMANY AND EASTERN EUROPE; VII THREE YEARS AT STRASBOURG; VIII THE GRAND COPHTE AND THE GRAND MISTRESS; IX THE QUEEN'S NECKLACE; X THE BASTILLE; XI ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME; XII A PRISON IN THE SKY |
| Summary |
This is an engaging account of the life of Count Cagliostro, who donned such varied personas as magician, alchemist, colonel, swindler, mythical priest and founder of Egyptian masonry. Photiades details the Count's life from its humble beginnings in Palermo to his adventures in Europe and finally his demise in a remote fortress |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795.
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| SUBJECT |
Cagliostro, Alessandro, conte di, 1743-1795 fast |
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Hermetic philosophers -- Italy -- Biography
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Mysticism.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Occultism.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Parapsychology -- General.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Reference.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Supernatural.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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Hermetic philosophers
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Italy
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136205163 |
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1136205160 |
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