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The beggar king : a hangman's daughter tale / Oliver Pötzsch ; translated by Lee Chadeayne.

by Pötzsch, Oliver.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013.

Fathers and daughters -- Fiction.

Executions and executioners -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Germany -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.

Pötzsch, Oliver. Hangman's daughter ; 3.

9780547992198 (trade pbk.)

054799219X (trade pbk.)

Henkerstochter und der König der Bettler. English English

Alternate title:

Henkerstochter und der König der Bettler.

1st Mariner Books ed.

xxii, 466 p. ; 21 cm.

Original German language title: Henkerstochter und der König der Bettler.

Translated from the German.

1662. Alpine village hangman Jakob Kuisl receives a letter from his sister calling him to the imperial city of Regensburg, where a gruesome sight awaits him: her throat has been slit. Arrested and framed for the murder, Kuisl faces first-hand the torture he's administered himself for years. Jakob's daughter, Magdalena, and a young medicus named Simon hasten to his aid. With the help of an underground network of beggars, a beer-brewing monk, and an Italian playboy, they discover that behind the false accusation is a plan that will endanger the entire German Empire.

Historical fiction.

Suspense fiction.

German fiction -- Translations into English.

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