The Blue Swords

The story of Johann Friedrich Böttger an apothecarys apprentice and alchemists assistant Fleeing from the Prussian King he goes to Saxony where King Frederick August the Strong takes him to a fortress and demands that he create gold Böttger is equipped with everything he would need for the task but he has known for a while that actual gold production is a myth and instead experiments with porcelainwhite porcelain as the Chinese are said to possess In 1709 he finally succeeds in surprising the King with the white gold the first white porcelain made in Europe he hopes for freedom