"Balsamo, the Magician; or, The Memoirs of a Physician" is the work of the great French writer Alexander Dumas, set in the reign of King Louis XV. An initiate to a secret society begins to undertake the rites necessary to join the ranks of the brotherhood at a secret location near the Rhine. But as the ceremony continues, two things become clear. That the chiefs of the Brotherhood from all over Europe are present on this occasion. And that the initiate is no ordinary person. When his identity is revealed, he announces his envisioned future for France. A plan that will see the monarchy removed from power and replaced with a republic...