I find great interest with King Ludwig. This is a book I have found years ago for a school project. This edition I got awhile back so I could have a copy of my own. Here is a review of the book - I also did a video on my YouTube channel.
“The Swan King Ludwig II of Bavaria,”
Christopher McIntosh, new revised edition 2012, I. B. Tauris
It was first published in 1982, and
had a few published editions since. A few images place in the middle
of the book. He has a preface to the 2012 edition and of what has
happened since his first edition of the book in 1982. With the
limited English books of biographies that I found available to me, I
feel that McIntosh does a very good job st describing his life from
birth, to his relationship with Richard Wagner, Sophie to the wars he
had to deal with to his castle and death, as well as after his death.
If looking for direct quotes it is not the book; there is a merge of
quotes and retelling to a way telling it almost as a story with no
dialogue. But it is a good thing that he has done this because the
reader gets the information straight up and no interruptions of the
quotes, whether it is just a line or letter, even an image. Any book
related to Ludwig is good, and any book about him is great.
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