The royal physicians visit / Per Olov Enquist ; translated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enquist, Per Olov.

Contributor:

Nunnally, Tiina, 1952-

Standardized Title:

Livläkarens besök. English

Language:

English

Swedish

Subjects (All):

Struensee, Johann Friedrich, greve, 1737-1772--Fiction.

Struensee, Johann Friedrich.

Caroline Mathilde, Queen, consort of Christian VII, King of Denmark, 1751-1775--Fiction.

Caroline Mathilde.

Caroline Mathilde, Queen, consort of Christian VII, King of Denmark, 1751-1775.

Struensee, Johann Friedrich, greve, 1737-1772.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

312 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Woodstock, NY : Overlook Press, 2001.

Summary:

Set in Denmark in the 1760s, "The Royal Physician's Visit" magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee, a German doctor from Altona, student of Enlightenment philosophers Diderot and Voltaire, and court physician to mad young King Christian, stepped through the aperture history had opened for him and became for two years the holder of absolute power in Denmark.

Contents:

Part I The Four

1 The Wine Treader 11

2 The Invulnerable One 31

3 The English Child 50

4 The Sovereign of the Universe 64

Part II The Royal Physician

5 The Silent One from Altona 87

6 The Traveling Companion 102

Part III The Lovers

7 The Riding Master 123

8 A Live Human Being 139

9 Rousseau's Hut 151

Part IV The Perfect Summer

10 In the Labyrinth 173

11 The Child of the Revolution 190

12 The Flute Player 206

13 The Sailors' Revolt 222

Part V Masquerade

14 The Last Supper 235

15 The Dance of Death 248

16 The Cloister 264

17 The Wine Treader 273

18 The River 287.

ISBN:

1585671967

OCLC:

47658803