"The Swan King" is the biography of one of the most enigmatic
figures of the 19th century, 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 which he created as part of a dream-world to
escape the responsibilities of state. In 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-indulgence and
excesses. At the age of 40, declared insane in a plot to depose
him, Ludwig died in mysterious circumstances.
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