Cagliostro
Americannoun
noun
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Readers may have heard of Mozart, but they’re less likely to be familiar with the French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, the English spy Edward Bancroft or the book’s colorful villain, Count Alessandro Cagliostro.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
It turns out this young woman, Clarisse, is Cagliostro’s beloved princess and her cousin, the sinister Count, is forcing her to marry him so he can try to find the fabled hidden treasure of Cagliostro.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
Most people, however, will be familiar with Lupin as he appears in 1979’s The Castle of Cagliostro, the first film directed by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki.
From The Verge ● Dec. 21, 2020
Mackay then proceeds to regale us with brief biographies of such noted occultists as Roger Bacon, Paracelsus, Dr. Dee, the Comte de St. Germain and Cagliostro.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2019
The field swarmed with charming frauds and con men, such as Cagliostro and the Count of Saint-Germain, who pretended not only to transmute the elements but also to hold the secret of immortality.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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