Some considered him a swindler and a liar who fooled simpletons throughout Europe. Others believed that he was an adept of alchemy and a wise magician initiated into the ancient mysteries. Paul Chacornac (1884–1964), a French bibliographer, took on the difficult task of writing an objective book about such a man, without falling into either contemptuous criticism or adept ecstasy. In the biography of the mysterious Count Saint-Germain, “a friend of Catherine the Great and Pontius Pilate,” Paul Chacornac avoided extremes and made many discoveries that will more than once delight the reader with their surprise and historical intrigue. Sign of information products 16+