Elixir of Death (Crowner John Mystery)
Автор:
Bernard Knight, 368 стр., серия:
"Crowner John Mysteries , #10",
издатель:
"Simon & Schuster UK", ISBN:
978-0-743-49215-7
Set in 1195: Prince John plots to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lionheart - and in his wicked schemes he is supported by King Philip of France, who offers to help John financially by sending him a mysterious alchemist, a Mohammedan named Nizam, who claims to be able to transmute base metals into gold.