For the popular imagination, Faust embodied the adventurous spirit of the era, straddling the Middle Ages and the Modern Era. Nye uses historical documents that attest to Faust's existence, shedding light on his personality and blending them with elements of a hilarious fictional narrative. The book is presented as the journal of Christoph Wagner, the alchemist's young disciple, who takes us on a breathtaking pilgrimage to Rome in the wake of an unexpected Faust: a hardened drunkard and a debauched and vicious con man. Also on the journey are Helen of Troy, the magician's mistress, an ugly, pathological liar and mystic, as well as seven ravishing young women, each practicing a different erotic specialty. Henry VIII, Luther, Marguerite de Navarre, Calvin and others also appear in the story. Regarded as a joyfully erotic thriller ‘that leaves you feeling more intelligent.’  Over to you, Dear Reader...