The beggar king - BookWyrm

466 pages

English language

Published Nov. 6, 2013 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

ISBN:: 978-0-547-99219-8
OCLC Number:: 968985363

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Alpine village hangman Jakob Kuisl receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit. Arrested and framed for the murder, Kuisl faces first-hand the torture he's administered himself for years. Jakob's daughter, Magdalena, and a young medicus named Simon hasten to his aid. With the help of an underground network of beggars, a beer-brewing monk, and an Italian playboy, they discover that behind the false accusation is a plan that will endanger the entire German Empire.

Alpine village hangman Jakob Kuisl receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit. Arrested and framed for the murder, Kuisl faces first-hand the torture he's administered himself for years. Jakob's daughter, Magdalena, and a young medicus named Simon hasten to his aid. With the help of an underground network of beggars, a beer-brewing monk, and an Italian playboy, they discover that behind the false accusation is a plan that will endanger the entire German Empire.

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4 stars

You have to suspend disbelief really at times, but once you do that you get a magnificent immersion in life in the 1600’s post the carnage of the Thirty Years War, and a plotline that just twists and turns all over the place.

Ernesto Ramirez

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March 6, 2013

ghostchaser

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Jan. 10, 2013

Carla

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Jan. 29, 2013

Subjects

Fathers and daughters
Murder
Investigation
Executions and executioners
History
Fiction

Places

Germany