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Title:
The beggar king : a hangman's daughter tale
Author:
Pötzsch, Oliver.
Personal Author:
Uniform Title:
Henkerstochter und der König der Bettler. English
Edition:
First Mariner Books edition.
Publication Information:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.
Physical Description:
xxii, 466 pages, ; 21 cm.
Summary:
1662. 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.
General Note:
"...first published in 2010 by Ullstein Buchverlag GmbH as Die Henkerstocher und de König der Bettler." -- T.p. verso.
Language:
English
Added Author:
ISBN:
9780547992198
Format :
Book