The time is fast approaching when imprudent France, Surrounded by misfortune she might have spared herself, Will call to mind such hell as Dante painted. This day, O Queen!
18th-century European adventurer and intellectual
An 18th-century figure who cycled through aliases, claimed to be centuries old, and moved through European salons leaving behind no confirmed birth record, no real name, and a reputation for alchemy that made Voltaire call him "the Wonderman."
Whoever he was before the 1740s, the man calling himself the Count of St. Germain surfaced in European high society with a portfolio spanning science, philosophy, and the arts — and a habit of reinvention that produced at least nine alternate names, from Marquess of Montferrat to Prince Ragoczy. He cultivated friendships with Casanova, Voltaire, and Mozart, and impressed Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel enough to be named "one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived." His claims grew wilder as his fame did: he let it be known he'd lived 500 years, a boast that drew equal parts fascination an…
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The time is fast approaching when imprudent France, Surrounded by misfortune she might have spared herself, Will call to mind such hell as Dante painted. This day, O Queen!
All is lost, Countess! This sun is the last which will set on the monarchy; tomorrow it will exist no more, chaos will prevail, anarchy unequalled.
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