1970, The Viking Press, Inc. NY, USA
There have been two companies that
released this book, the one above and by George Rainbird Limited for
Hamish Hamilton, London. I have found one variation to these copies –
one image has two different castles for the same image. This book is
rich of primary sources and imagery but there is that problem of
about two and a half inches of margin form the center to the text. If
the margins were smaller where the was no images on the side a few
pages could have been saved. It is a great source of information and
has a chapter just on Tristan (one of Wagner's works). It a book that
is useful when it comes to his life, Wagner and images of his
castles. Though I have older versions/editions of the book and have
not seen an edition that was recently released. The book does
describe Ludwig's behaviour, hate, and at times uninterested in king
even though he loved his country and people. All aspect that would
have to disconnecting from it when times were unfavourable. The book
is not fully depth of his life – at times more towards Wagner and
the works.
