The Devil's Elixirs

One of the most interesting and unusual works of the great Hoffmann. A masterpiece of the Gothic novel.

The story of the "son of the great sinner" - a young Cistercian monk from a remote German monastery, sent to Rome and becoming a witness and participant in a series of mysterious and terrifying events, simultaneously frightens, captivates, and at the same time enchants the reader with the exquisite manner in which this book is written…