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The Royal Physician's Visit

By - Enquist, Per Olov
Floor - Floor 3
Published - Washington Square Press, Woodstock, N.Y., 2001
ISBN 10 - 0743458036
ISBN 13 - 9780743458030
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Caroline Mathilde, Queen, consort of Christian VII, King of Denmark, 1751-1775
Shelf No - 10
Call Number - 839.7374 ENQ
Physical Description - 312 pages ; 25 cm
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An international sensation,The Royal Physician's Visitmagnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee -- court physician to mad young King Christian -- stepped through an aperture in history and became the holder of absolute power in Denmark. His is a gripping tale of power, sex, love, and the life of the mind, and it is superbly rendered here by one of Sweden's most acclaimed writers. A charismatic German doctor and brilliant intellectual, Struensee used his influence to introduce hundreds of reforms in Denmark in the 1760s. He had a tender and erotic affair with Queen Caroline Mathilde, who was unsatisfied by her unstable, childlike husband. Yet Struensee lacked the subtlety of a skilled politician and the cunning to choose enemies wisely; these flaws proved fatal, and would eventually lead to his tragic demise.

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