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The Beggar King
The Beggar King: A Hangman's Daughter Tale | Oliver Pötzsch
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The third installment of the international best-selling Hangman’s Daughter series 1662: Jakob Kuisl, the hangman of a village in the Alps, 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. When the city constable discovers Kuisl alongside the corpse she locks him in a dungeon, where Kuisl will experience first-hand the torture he’s administered himself for years. As nightmares assail him, Kuisl can only hope to prevail on the Regensburg executioner to show mercy to a fellow hangman. Kuisl’s steely daughter, Magdalena, and her young doctor paramour, Simon, rush to Regensburg and try to save Jakob, enlisting an underground network of beggars, a beer-brewing monk, and an Italian playboy for help. Navigating the labyrinthine city, they learn there is much more behind the false accusation than a personal vendetta: there is a plan that will endanger the entire German Empire. Chock-full of fascinating historical detail, The Beggar King brings to vibrant life another tremendous tale of an unlikely hangman and his tough-as-nails daughter, confirming Pötzsch’s mettle as a storyteller at the height of his powers.
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Andrew65
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Mehso-so

This should really be somewhere between so so and pick. I enjoy these but can feel at times a touch too long winded, may possibly be affected by the translation from German. They have interesting characters, and some good story lines but just possibly lacking something. I do feel they would be better with shorter chapters, more tension at times and a touch more pace. That said I will most probably continue with the series, but not my first choice.

CampbellTaraL Ooooo! I had the same reaction reading the first two books but I thought it was just me. I love how detailed and atmospheric the writing is, and the historic information, while wrapped in fiction, is still fascinating. I'll have to come back to the series maybe later in the winter when things slow down a bit. 6y
Andrew65 @taraWritesSci Thanks for your post, and pleased to see I am not alone in my thoughts. I do feel book 3 was a bit better than book 2. Most probably would give it 3.5 / 5 Stars. Goodreads gives it 3.97. Good information about the Hangman‘s Past. 6y
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Conservio
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Every cat knows the best place to lay is on Hooman‘s books. #excuseme

thegirlwiththelibrarybag Prime patting position šŸ˜‚ 7y
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Clwojick
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Love this cover!!! šŸ˜

#LibraryWishlist #NeverEndingTBR

Have any of my fellow Littens read this book? Would you recommend? Please let me know. ā˜ŗļø

Aloisi_tribe I haven't read this particular book but I did read the first in the series and liked it enough to buy the whole series on Kindle. 7y
Clwojick šŸ™ˆšŸ™ˆšŸ™ˆwhat's the first in the series? I didn't know it was part of a series. I just seen it at the library and swooned over the cover. @Aloisi_tribe 7y
Pamwurtzler @Aloisi_tribe @Clwojick I think the first one is The Hangman‘s Daughter. That‘s the only one I‘ve read, but I have others on my kindle. 7y
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Clwojick @Pamwurtzler THANKS! I've stacked it's šŸ˜† 7y
Aloisi_tribe @Clwojick The first book is The Hangman's Daughter. The Beggar King is the third in the series. They all have gorgeous covers. 7y
Clwojick @Aloisi_tribe šŸ˜off to stack the whole series. šŸ‘šŸ‘ 7y
toofondofbooks I love this series 7y
RebelReader I loved this series too! šŸ˜ 7y
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BookswithB
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Mehso-so

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Elizabeth4
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Listening to Beggar King while working on my resume for class.

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ScrappyMags
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I adore this series - more mystery than history in this one but well researched and an all-around pleasing, brisk mystery!

Tammygrrrl I love all his books EXCEPT the translations get really awkward, using words or phrases that weren't in use until two hundred years later. 8y
drokka I need to catch up on this series. So many books, so little time. 8y
ScrappyMags @Tammygrrrl I've caught that too!! The English teacher in me is all WTF? But then my suspension of disbelief self is all "oh just go with it because you hate how Puritans talk so this would suck like that" hehe!! ?? 8y
ScrappyMags @drokka and thats the title of my autobiography lol 8y
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