The Man Who Knew Everything: The Strange Life of Athanasius Kircher
Man Who Knew Everything THE STRANGE LIFE OF ATHANASIUS KIRCHER Marilee Peters Illustrations by Roxanna Bikadoroff annick press toronto berkeley
ROME 1655
T he carriage rumbled through the maze of narrow cobblestoned streets As it passed by people pointed and chat tered Queen Christina of Sweden one of the most brilliant and fascinating women in all of Europe had just arrived in Rome and the whole city was clamoring to meet her But the queen had refused all the invitations to glittering parties Instead she wanted to go to a museum Not just any museum mind you the Kircherian Museum a collection of the most exotic unusual and awe-inducing objects the world had to offer 3
