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An international sensation, The Royal Physician's Visit magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee - court physician to mad young King Christian - stepped through an aperture in history and became the holder of absolute power in Denmark. His is a gripping tale of power, sex, love, and the life of the mind, and it is superbly rendered here by one of Sweden's most acclaimed writers. A charismatic German doctor and brilliant intellectual, Struensee used his influence to introduce hundreds of reforms in Denmark in the 1760s. He had a tender and erotic affair with Queen Caroline Mathilde, who was unsatisfied by her unstable, childlike husband. Yet Struensee lacked the subtlety of a skilled politician and the cunning to choose enemies wisely; these flaws proved fatal, and would eventually lead to his tragic demise.

Per Olov Enquist is a novelist, playwright, and poet with works published in twenty-six countries. The Royal Physician's Visit won Sweden's most important literary prize - the August Prize - and France's Prix du Meilleur Livre etranger. Tiina Nunnally is an award-winning translator whose credits include Peter Hoeg's bestselling Smilla's Sense of Snow.