The Swan King: Ludwig II of Bavaria

by Christopher Mc Intosh (Author)

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  Paperback
  1986

  $4.42

• Used

  Paperback
  2003

  $6.79

  This is a biography of one of the most enigmatic figures of the 19th century, described by Verlaine as the only true king of his century . A man of wildly eccentric temperament and touched by a rare, imaginative genius, Ludwig II of Bavaria is remembered both for his patronage of Richard Wagner and for the fabulous palaces which he created as part of a dream-world to escape the responsibilities of state. In the realization of his fantasies, he created a ferment of creativity among artists and craftsmen, while his neglect of Bavaria's political interests made powerful enemies among those critical of his self-indulgence and excesses. At the age of 40, declared insane in a plot to depose him, Ludwig died in mysterious circumstances.