Ahh, the Neuschwanstein
Castle. It plays a large role in the novel as the actual real-life King Ludwig
commissioned its building in the late 1800’s. I visited Munich, Germany a few
years back and was supposed to visit the fairytale castle, but it was closed on
the day my tour group was supposed to go. I was so, so upset. I mean, as a
princess, fairytale castles are my thing. I’ll have to drag Manfriend off to
Germany one of these days. Now back to
our story…
The
Ludwig Conspiracy moves between time periods, giving us
glimpses of past and modern day Bavaria, while our two main characters from the
present, Steven Lukas and Sara Lengfeld race to solve a mystery and stay one
step ahead of those that would kill them for the secrets contained in an
encrypted diary written by Theodor Marot, Assistant to the Royal Physician to
King Ludwig. It
takes Steven's knowledge of 19th Century history and Sara's computer expertise
to begin to make sense of the encrypted text, and their journey takes them to
Ludwig's famous castles searching for the clues needed to crack the diary's
code, all the while trying not to get murdered. History and mystery buffs alike
will love this novel.
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