In the fall of 1925, publisher Jean Schémit received a visit from a small man dressed as a pre-war bohemian, with a lo…

Roger Bacon was a great polymath whose mind seems unfettered by the time he lived in. He was frequently accused of so…

At the center of the alchemist’s quest was the legendary philosopher’s stone, a magical piece of the perfect gold, wh…

The citizens of Paris awoke one morning in 1622 to find that their city had been ornamented with posters which the Bre…