ELIXIR OF DEATH_THE. (B.Knight)

1195. Prince Johnplots to seize the throne from his brother, Richard the Lionheart -- and in his wicked schemes he is supported by King Philip of France, who offers to help John financially by sending him a mysterious alchemist, a Mohammedan named Nizam, who claims to be able to transmute base metals into gold. But the ship which was transporting Nizam and his retainers to the Devon tin mines is found wrecked off the south Devon coast, its crew savagely slaughtered.