The Visit Of The Royal Physician

Everyone has heard stories of King George but few know about his brotherinlaw Christian VII the King of Denmark at the end of the eighteenth century.When Christ... » 

Everyone has heard stories of King George but few know about his brotherinlaw Christian VII the King of Denmark at the end of the eighteenth century.When Christian VII young mad and highly impressionable assumes the Danishthrone many seek to control the new king capitalising on his mental frailtyto advance their own interests. Two men stand out Struensee the reformoriented court physician and Guldberg the coldblooded religious fanatic. Asthe clash between these two men and all they represent science and religionideology and diplomacy the temptations of the flesh and the certainties ofdogma escalates the fate of an entire nation hangs in the balance. Enquistbrilliantly recasts a dramatic era of Danish history weaving a wide range ofhistorical characters Voltaire and Diderot Catherine the Great and GeorgeIII into a tale of ruthless political ambition and personal betrayal. «