The Dead Wanderer
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The Dead Wanderer
Ladies in distress involve jacob jelinek from hirsberg in a new case.
The year is 1598. The knight Jakub Jelinek of Hiršberg is asked to accompany a charming widow and her equally charming daughter to Brandýs and ensure their safety. The purpose of their stay is unclear, but there are speculations that secret negotiations between the courtiers of Rudolf II. and English diplomats. In such a case, the lives of the actors would be at risk. The Spaniards cannot allow Rudolph II. with Queen Elizabeth of England, and they will oppose it by all means. Jakub Jelinek is not worried yet. He expects to spend the next few weeks doing nothing in the sun-drenched forest glades, or at best in love affairs. But he is wrong about that. An initially peaceful stay in the Brandy woods turns into a nightmare and eventually into a fight for life. Vladimír Šlechta once again plays out a thrilling tale from Rudolphine Bohemia, where politics mixes with superstition, alchemy sizzles from every corner and the dead sometimes speak louder than the living.
A historical detective story from the golden Prague, a city of intrigue, crime and vice.
Vladimír Šlechta
Vladimír Šlechta was born in 1960 in Liberec, but lived most of his life in České Budějovice and its surroundings. He is a graduate civil engineer, makes his living as a freelance designer and writes books in his spare time. He has written over thirty novels and two popular series: the gritty fantasy Blood Borderlands and the post-disaster sci-fi Oggerd. With his book The Italian Gambit, the first volume of the new series Rudolf II's Dangerous Prague, he also introduced himself as an author of thrilling historical detective stories. If he still has time for hobbies, he enjoys reading books, watching TV series, playing computer games and going out in nature. Recently, he and his wife have been making long trips to Germany to visit their two grandchildren.
