Who wants to kill the Emperor
Murders in the times of Emperor Rudolf II.
The scribe of the provincial court, Lukáš Trobl from Květnice, accidentally overhears a conversation between two unknown men in a remote tavern called the Crazy Mare, in which the words "the Emperor must be killed" are spoken. Lukáš is not sure whether he was drunk, but rather informs his uncle, the court councillor Maximilian Trobl. On his instructions, he begins to search for the pair of unknowns and to find out whether they are really planning to assassinate Rudolf II. He is helped in his search by the one-eyed war veteran Konrad, the Hungarian bride Adriana and the court astronomer Johannes Kepler. At first it seems that Lukáš has only overheard a drunken joke, but when he is almost killed himself and is saved only by Albrecht of Wallenstein, the captain of the imperial army, he realises that things are getting serious. Especially when he can't even trust the Emperor's butler Filip Lang or the Emperor's mistress Katerina Strad. Could it be that these two also had a stake in Rudolph's death?
Jan Bauer
With more than 200 book titles, Jan Bauer is the most prolific living Czech author. He wrote some books under the pseudonyms Felix Krumlowský or Anna Březinová. He also participated in collective works such as. on a ten-volume project called Tours of the World's Past. Originally trained as an agricultural engineer, he made his living as a journalist for nearly forty years. Since 2002 he has been devoted exclusively to literature. He writes mainly non-fiction, detective and historical novels, focusing mainly on Czech history. Recently, his two series of historical detective novels featuring the former New Town mayor Jakub Protiva of Protivec or the secret agent of Charles IV. Dominican Paul. For his work he has been honoured with awards such as. Karel Hynek Mácha Prize (1995), Zeyer's Mug (2007) and the prestigious South Bohemian literary prize Číše Petr Vok (2010). He lives in Vodňany, where he founded the traditional annual meeting of writers Zeyer's Vodňany in 2006.
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