03961cam a2200349 4500 285424766 TxAuBib 20161217120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780547740133 0547740131 B00AXS6BEI Amazon 4bbffd9a-9fa5-4bd4-8fcf-b52360ba8970 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1425517 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Pötzsch, Oliver. The Ludwig Conspiracy [Bridges eBook]. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5342kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p><b>A bold new thriller from the best-selling author of The Hangman's Daughter series</b><br /> In 1886, Ludwig II, the Fairy-tale King of Bavaria, was deposed after being declared insane by doctors who had never met him. He died mysteriously soon thereafter, his eccentric and beautiful castles his only legacy. In <i>The Ludwig Conspiracy</i>, master of historical suspense Oliver Pötzsch brings the Mad King back to life.<br /> An encoded diary by one of Ludwig's confidants falls into the hands of modern-day rare-book dealer Steven Lukas, who soon realizes that the diary may bring him more misery than money. Lukas teams up with a beautiful art detective, Sara Lengfeld, to investigate each of Ludwig's three famous castles for clues to crack the diary's code as mysterious thugs and Ludwig's fanatical followers chase them at every step. Just what in the diary could be so explosive?<br /> "This gripping thriller brings together the present and the past with high-action adventure in a bold, entertaining storyline." —<i>Shepherd Express</i> (Milwaukee)<br /> "Pötzsch makes clever use of Bavaria's equivalent of the Kennedy assassination in this excellent stand-alone . . . Pötzsch's sophisticated plotting and good use of a real-life historical puzzle place this far ahead of most <i>Da Vinci Code</i> wannabes." —<i>Publishers Weekly</i>, starred review</p>. HTML:<p>Starred review from July 15, 2013<br /> German author Pötzsch (The Poisoned Pilgrim and three other books in his Hangman’s Daughter historical series) makes clever use of Bavaria’s equivalent of the Kennedy assassination in this excellent stand-alone. The death in 1886 of Ludwig II of Bavaria (aka “Mad King Ludwig”) has spawned countless conspiracy theories, despite the official verdict that the monarch drowned himself in Lake Starnberg after strangling his psychiatrist. In the present, Munich bookseller Steven Lukas finds himself the object of unwelcome attention—and a murder suspect—after he obtains a book entitled Memoirs of Theodor Marot, who was the assistant to the king’s personal physician. This document recounts the truth about the events leading up to Ludwig’s death. That truth is far from an academic question, since a modern-day self-declared king of Bavariadispatches violent henchmen to recover the memoirs. While readers will find broad parallels with Dan Brown’s thrillers, Pötzsch’s sophisticated plotting and good use of a real-life historical puzzle place this far ahead of most Da Vinci Code wannabes.</p>. Publisher's Weekly. Thriller. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2017-02-17 23:00:02. Bell, Anthea. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=4bbffd9a-9fa5-4bd4-8fcf-b52360ba8970 https://samples.overdrive.com/ludwig-conspiracy?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/ludwig-conspiracy?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/ludwig-conspiracy?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)