According to it, Flamel made it his life's work to understand the text of the mysterious twenty-one-page book he had purchased, and that around 1378, he traveled to Spain for assistance with translation.

In its publisher's introduction Flamel's search for the Philosopher's Stone was described.

It is an exposition of figures purportedly commissioned by Flamel for a tympanum at the Cimetière des Innocents in Paris, long disappeared at the time the work was published. 1330 – 1417?) was a successful scrivener and manuscript-seller who developed a reputation as an alchemist.įlamel was the attributed author of an alchemical book, published in Paris in 1612 as Livre des figures hiéroglypiques and in London in 1624 as Exposition of the Hieroglyphicall Figures. If anyone enjoys books that are filled with any of these categories, this is the book for you.Nicolas Flamel (c. In the few series of books I’ve read, I would gladly put this one in the same ring as the Harry Potter book series in terms of suspense and action. So far, I have read 3 of the 6 books in this series and can wholeheartedly rate this as one of my favorite book series.

The Alchemyst is a book of action, adventure, and mystery, and personally those are all the bells and whistles a book has to have to captivate me. Nicholas must explain to them the world of myths, magic, and evil the Newmans found themselves in the midst of. When the alchemist lost the book of Abraham to Dee, he could no longer tell lies to the twins who witnessed the incident. John Dee’s and the “good” alchemist Nicholas Flamel auric scents. They soon find out the reasoning for this atrocious mixture of smells was due to the evil magician Dr. The twins decided to get summer jobs in San Francisco, but that was when they caught a hint of some very peculiar scents: mint and rotten eggs. The only problem was that they had to save for their cars themselves. Josh and Sophie Newman decide that they would like to get their own vehicles since they have just started to learn how to drive. Now the twins, Nicholas Flamel, and their new vampire friend head out on a life threatening adventure to learn the four magics and reclaim the book that is said to destroy the world if in the wrong hands. John Dee had stolen the Book of Abraham that Nicholas Flamel had been protecting for almost 600 years, the twins begged for their questions to be answered. The Alchemyst is about twins Josh and Sophie Newman who accidentally got caught in between two immortal magician’s duel.

The alchemist by michael scott