Count Cagliostro, or Joseph Balzamo

Count Cagliostro is one of the most mysterious personalities in history. Having traveled all the white light, having visited all the capitals of Europe, this sorcerer was able to beg the most influential and noble people of his time. They talked about Cagliostro on every corner: that he personally knows the great sorcerers of the past, that he is able to enter into communication with spirits, to convert distant metals into gold and as if there are no secrets that would not be discovered by this amazing person (which In addition, damn good).
Who was the Count Cagliostro really? The greatest adventurer or genuine aristocrat of the spirit, ordinary fraudster and seducer or adherent of the secret order?
The brilliant novel by Alexander Dumas gives an answer to these questions, not only telling the story of Count Cagliostro, but also drawing a wide panorama of the life of the highest world of France on the eve of the Great Revolution. “Count Cagliostro, or Joseph Balzamo” is an adventurous adventure novel that is not inferior to the best works of Dumas, genuine pleasure for all fans of historical works.
For the first time in Russia, the book is accompanied by numerous illustrations of the wonderful Czech artist Frantishek Khornik