Brand: Washington Square Press
The Royal Physician's Visit: A Novel Per Olov Enquist and Tiina Nunnally
The Royal Physician's Visit: A Novel Per Olov Enquist and Tiina Nunnally
Regular price
$26.99 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$26.99 USD
Unit price
per
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Couldn't load pickup availability
An international sensation, The Royal Physician's Visit magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee -- court physician to mad young King Christian -- stepped through an aperture in history and became the holder of absolute power in Denmark. His is a gripping tale of power, sex, love, and the life of the mind, and it is superbly rendered here by one of Sweden's most acclaimed writers. A charismatic German doctor and brilliant intellectual, Struensee used his influence to introduce hundreds of reforms in Denmark in the 1760s. He had a tender and erotic affair with Queen Caroline Mathilde, who was unsatisfied by her unstable, childlike husband. Yet Struensee lacked the subtlety of a skilled politician and the cunning to choose enemies wisely; these flaws proved fatal, and would eventually lead to his tragic demise.
