by Per Olov Enquist · Hanser, Carl GmbH + Co. · tapa dura · ISBN 9783446199804
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«Der Besuch des Leibarztes» is the historical novel by Per Olov Enquist, published by Hanser in hardcover (376 pages, in German).
In the eighteenth-century Danish court, the mentally unstable King Christian VII lives a loveless marriage with the English princess Caroline Mathilde. His personal physician, the Enlightenment figure Struensee, arrives from Altona, wins the king's trust, drives reforms, and shares with the queen a passion that ends in political tragedy.
Work originally published in Swedish as «Livläkarens besök» in 1999; this German edition is translated by Wolfgang Butt.
For those who enjoy historical novels set in eighteenth-century courts, with political tension and a tragic love story.
Per Olov Enquist, also known as P. O. Enquist, was a Swedish author. He worked as a journalist, playwright and novelist.
