The Red Lion

The Elixir of Eternal Life

Ranked #96 in Lion

A 16th century alchemist's apprentice drinks his master's elixir of life after killing him. But the potion does not bring Hans Burgner immortality, instead he repeatedly dies and is reborn, cursed with foreknowledge of misfortunes which will befall him. By a Hungarian writer. less

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