Oliver Pötzsch

Tuesday, December 16 at 2PM

Sometimes you can't wait until the evening to talk about murder. With that in mind, we invite you to join us for this afternoon book club, meeting on third Tuesday each month at 2PM on BookPeople's third floor. Join us for coffee, tea, and discussions of some of some of our favorite books in the mystery genre. All meetings are free and open to the public!

This month, we're discussing The Beggar King by Oliver Potzsch.

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Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (aggiunto da IndieBound)… (altro)

Oliver Pötzsch, best-selling author of The Hangman’s Daughter series, visits the Book Cellar to discuss his new book, The Ludwig Conspiracy. It’s a thriller set in contemporary Bavaria about King Ludwig II’s mysterious death and the long-lost diary that could unlock its secrets.

From the Kirkus Reviews: “Pötzsch will endear himself to independent booksellers everywhere by making the hero of the piece one of their kind . . . Anyone who’s visited Bavaria and toured the great Neuschwanstein Castle will have wondered why Ludwig II, the brilliant and eccentric ruler of that formerly independent state, wound up deposed and dead under very strange circumstances, and Pötzsch offers an intriguing, entertaining answer.”

Location: Street: 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave City: Chicago, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60625 Country: United States (aggiunto da IndieBound)… (altro)

The Ludwig Conspiracy is a bold new thriller from the best-selling author of The Hangman’s Daughter series. Ludwig II, the Fairy-tale King of Bavaria, is today remembered for his beautiful castles--popular tourist destinations that inspired the Disney Castle, but whose origins were much more fantastical than anything Disney could dream up. Also known as the Mad King, Ludwig was deposed in 1886 after being declared insane by doctors who had never met him. He promptly died--mysteriously drowned in waist-deep water--his eccentric castles his only legacy. Master of historical suspense Oliver Pötzsch brings the Mad King back to life in The Ludwig Conspiracy. An encoded diary by one of Ludwig’s confidants falls into the hands of modern-day rare book dealer Steven Lukas, who soon realizes that the diary may bring him more misery than money. Others want the diary as well--and they will kill to get it. Lukas teams up with a beautiful art detective, Sara Lengfeld, to investigate each of Ludwig’s three famous castles for clues to crack the diary’s code as mysterious thugs and Ludwig’s fanatical followers chase them at every step. Just what in the diary could be so explosive? ---- Oliver Pötzsch, born in 1970, has worked for years as a scriptwriter for Bavarian television. He is a descendant of one of Bavaria's leading dynasties of executioners. Pötzsch lives in Munich with his family. ---- This event is cosponsored by the Germanic-American Institute. The Germanic-American Institute (GAI) is a non-profit whose mission is to foster appreciation and understanding of the culture, language, arts, and ongoing history of the German speaking peoples through public educational and cultural programs. For information about current classes and cultural events, please visit www.gai-mn.org

Location: Street: 38 S Snelling Ave City: Saint Paul, Province: Minnesota Postal Code: 55105 Country: United States (aggiunto da IndieBound)… (altro)

OFFSITE EVENT: Die Stammkneipe (formerly Der Schwarze Kollner) Monday, September 9, 7:00 PM Oliver Pötzsch presents The Ludwig Conspiracy Bavarian beer tasting to follow

German author Oliver Pötzsch, creator of the award-winning and bestselling Hangman’s Daughter series, presents a new historical thriller in The Ludwig Conspiracy. Set in contemporary Bavaria, the story concerns the mysterious death of King Ludwig II, and the long-lost diary that could unlock its secrets. Greenlight is excited to partner with our neighborhood German beer garden Die Stammkneipe (formerly Der Schwarze Kollner) to kick off the US tour for The Ludwig Conspiracy with a reading and book signing by Pötzsch, accompanied by a special offering of Bavarian beers!

Die Stammkneipe is located at 710 Fulton Street at the corner of South Oxford, one block from Greenlight Bookstore.

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (aggiunto da IndieBound)… (altro)