Let's dive into the big dreams of a great man: Johannes Kunckel is a magician and alchemist who believes he can conjure up gold. The Prussian king therefore gives him the Peacock Island between Potsdam and Berlin, so that he can secretly create a new world from the fire in his magic workshop. At the end, a glass emerges from his stove such as no human eye had ever seen before: red as a ruby. It quickly became one of the most sought-after luxury goods in Europe. In the middle of the Baroque, Johannes Kunckel takes the step from magic to chemistry. And in doing so, it is making history. Florian Illies now retells it in his inimitable way - full of atmosphere, full of empathy for the past, full of poetry and wit. New product