The Swan King —— Ludwig II of Bavaria

----- 天鹅王：巴伐利亚路德维希二世

ISBN: 9781350143418 出版年：2012 页码：352 Christopher McIntosh Bloomsbury Publishing

The Swan King is the biography of one of the most enigmatic figures of the nineteenthcentury, described by Verlaine as 'the only true king of his century'. A man of wildly eccentric temperament and touched by a rare, imaginative genius, Ludwig II of Bavaria is remembered both for his patronage of Richard Wagner and for the fabulous palaces that he created as part of a dream-world to escape the responsibilities of state. In the realization of his fantasies, he created a ferment of creativity among artists and craftsmen, while his neglect of Bavaria's political interests made powerful enemies among those critical of his self-indulgenceand excesses. At the age of 40, declared insane in a plot to depose him, Ludwig died in mysterious circumstances. What truly happened on that fateful night has never been discovered.