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New examination separates Nicolas Flamel fact from legend

Original: The legend is so strong': The truth about Nicolas Flamel and the philosophers' stone The myth of Nicolas and Pernelle Fl

A fresh look at Nicolas Flamel, the 14th-century Parisian scribe long credited with creating gold using the philosophers' stone, revisits the myth he built with his wife Pernelle. The story, which fuelled centuries of obsession with alchemy and immortalised the couple in books and popular culture, is being reassessed as historians weigh how much of the legend rests on evidence.

Why now: Renewed interest in the Flamel legend follows a new examination of the historical record around the medieval Parisian couple.

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• The legend is so strong': The truth about Nicolas Flamel and the philosophers' stone The myth of Nicolas and Pernelle Flamel, medieval Parisians said to have made gold with a 'philosopher's stone', sparked a centuries-long obsession. Now a new examination of Flamel's… · gutenberg_org · 21

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