Twenty years before the French Revolution. The Monarchy has already started to lose some of its supporters, even though young Marie Antoinette has just married the King Louis XVI.
Count Alessandro di Cagliostro is a noble man interested in hypnosis and occultism. He is also interested in the French royals â but what are his true motives?
âBalsamo the Magicianâ is a historical novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of âThe Marie Antoinette Romancesâ. The series also includes the novels âThe Queenâs Necklaceâ, âStorming the Bastilleâ, âThe Countess of Charnyâ and âThe Knight of the Red Houseâ.
Alexandre Dumas (1802â1870) was a French writer. He is best known for his novels âThe Count of Monte Cristoâ and âThe Three Musketeers'. Dumas is considered as one of the most significant French writers of the 19th century. Dumasâs background was exceptional in 1800âs France as his grandmother was a black slave â and also Dumas faced a lot of racism. Many of Dumasâs books have been filmed into movies.