The legend is so strong': The truth about Nicolas Flamel and the philosophers' stone

The myth of Nicolas and Pernelle Flamel, medieval Parisians said to have made gold with a 'philosopher's stone', sparked a centuries-long obsession. Now a new examination of Flamel's centuries-old will has shed a light on how the legend emerged.

By Sophie Hardach

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20261008-the-true-story-of-alchemist-nicholas-flamel-and-the-philosophers-stone

Books about Flamel at PG: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/42416

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