Combining contemporary
mystery and a gripping historical saga, putting computers and smartphones
alongside derringers and palace intrigue, The Ludwig Conspiracy is an accomplished
thriller from the best-selling author of The Hangman’s Daughter series. Based on legends that have been
recorded about the actual King Ludwig II of Bavaria,
the book takes the reader on a journey throughout the King's storied history,
actual historic sites, and a Dan Brown-esque story. That would be enough to
put the book by the Munich-based Oliver Potzsch on my Kindle wish-list
since I greatly enjoyed his historical novels.
His book with a contemporary setting
has for me another captivating attribute. There are locations which are no more
than a quarter of an hour’s stroll from my flat in Schwabing-West. One is the
Schelling-Salon, almost next door to the Osteria Bavaria favoured back in the
day by Adolf Hitler and a key setting in my own storytelling. Have I mentioned
that the soon-to-be-uploaded expanded version of Chance of Reign (set in 1936)
will likely have an Amazon estimated page-count of over a thousand and that the
price will be reduced?
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