Résultats de "Oliver Potzsch" dans Toutes les catégories

In 1668, hangman Jakob Kuisl, his daughter Magdalena, and her husband Simon are traveling to the town of Bamberg. But what was planned as a family vacation soon becomes a nightmare: there is a murderer in Bamberg leaving the severed limbs of victims in the trash outside the city. When rumors quickly spread that the murders are the work of a werewolf, Jakob Kuisl must prove the superstition wrong and embark on a search for the "devil of Bamberg".

June 16, 1692. Relic dealer Georg Ayndorfer is found slain in the Chapel of St. Quirinus of Tegernsee. Was it the holy rage of St. Quirinus himself, or was Ayndorfer murdered by jealous colleagues? Georg Asam, a famous artist commissioned to paint a fresco in the chapel, feels compelled to investigate.

1666: Der Schongauer Medicus Simon und seine Frau Magdalena, die Tochter des Henkers, brechen zu einer Wallfahrt ins Kloster Andechs auf. Dort lernt Simon den mysteriösen Frater Virgilius kennen, der Uhrmacher und Erfinder ist. Simon ist fasziniert von den unheimlichen Automaten, die Virgilius erschaffen hat. Als der Frater verschwindet und sein Labor zerstört wird, ahnt Simon Böses und ruft Jakob Kuisl, den Schongauer Henker herbei. Gemeinsam machen sie sich auf die Suche nach einem wahnsinnigen Mörder.

1524. Die deutschen Lande werden von den Bauernkriegen zerrissen. Dem Adel droht der Verlust der Macht, dem Volk Hunger und Tod. Vier Menschen suchen ihre Bestimmung: Agnes, die Burgherrin der einst mächtigen Stauferburg Trifels, will ihr Erbe bewahren. Mathis, Sohn eines Burgschmieds, träumt von der Gleichheit der Menschen und schließt sich aufständischen Bauern an. König Franz von Frankreich strebt nach der Kaiserkrone.

Hinter dem großen Wald und den Drachenbergen liegt das Feenland. Und in einer Ecke des Feenlands, da wohnt der Ritter Kuno Kettenstrumpf. Er ist ein waschechter Ritter ohne Furcht und Tadel. Kuno liebt Schwertkämpfe, Schokoladenkuchen und das Burgfräulein Konstanze. Mit seinem Pferd Rosinante zieht Kuno durch das Feenland und erlebt viele Abenteuer mit den Trollen sowie den Bösewichten Rasputin und Balduin.

Gemeinsam mit seiner Tochter Magdalena und ihrem Mann Simon reist der Henker Jakob Kuisl im Jahre 1668 nach Bamberg. Was als Familienbesuch geplant war, wird jedoch bald zum Alptraum: In Bamberg geht ein Mörder um. Die abgetrennten Gliedmaßen der Opfer werden im Unrat vor den Toren der Stadt gefunden. Schnell verbreitet sich das Gerücht, die Morde seien das Werk eines Werwolfs. Jakob Kuisl mag sich diesem Aberglauben nicht anschließen und macht sich auf die Suche nach dem "Teufel von Bamberg".

While putting away books from an estate sale purchase, rare book-dealer Steven Lukas finds a box he's never seen before wedged between books on a high shelf. In it he discovers what looks to be a small diary written entirely in code, a lock of hair, and old photographs of the Fairytale King. It isn't long however, before his excitement turns to fear as he realizes that mysterious others want the diary too - and will apparently kill to get it. Suspecting that his find may contain the secret truth behind Ludwig's death, Steven consults with art historian Sara Lengfeld. Soon they find themselves on the run together, investigating each of Ludwig's three castles for clues....

1666: The monastery at Andrechs has long been a pilgrimage destination, but when the hangman's daughter, Magdalena; her doctor husband, Simon; and their two small children arrive there, they learn that the monks have far larger concerns than saying Mass and receiving alms. It seems that once again the hangman's family has fallen into a mysterious and dangerous adventure. Two monks at the monastery experiment with cutting-edge technology, including a method of deflecting the lightning that has previously set the monastery ablaze.

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, he locks him in a dungeon, where Kuisl will experience firsthand the torture he’s administered himself for years.

Germany, 1660: When a dying boy is pulled from the river with a mark crudely tattooed on his shoulder, hangman Jakob Kuisl is called upon to investigate whether witchcraft is at play in his small Bavarian town. Whispers and dark memories of witch trials and the women burned at the stake just seventy years earlier still haunt the streets of Schongau.

It is 1648, a small village in the Alps: In the thick of a blizzard,a town priest discovers he’s been poisoned. As numbness creeps up his body, he summons the last of his strength and scratches a sign in the frost that will lead the town hangman, his daughter, and the town physician in pursuit of a treasure of the Knights Templar. But the priest’s murderer is already on their trail, and he’s not the only one after the legendary fortune: a dark monk is not far behind,and a band of thieves is roving the countryside, attacking solitary travelers and spreading panic.

Die Henkerstochter auf der Spur einer landesweiten Verschwörung. Sommer 1679. Die Pest, die in Wien bereits Tausende Opfer gefordert hat, breitet sich Richtung Bayern aus. Der Schongauer Scharfrichter Jakob Kuisl wird von einem offensichtlich Pestkranken aufgesucht, der kurz darauf zusammenbricht. Bevor er stirbt, flüstert er Jakob Kuisl noch ein paar rätselhafte Worte ins Ohr: Kuisl müsse Kaufbeuren retten, ein schwarzer Reiter spiele mit seiner Pfeife dort zum Tanz auf. Der Mörder habe zwei Gesichter.

Der Schongauer Henker Jakob Kuisl ist in eine Falle getappt: Bei einem Besuch in Regensburg findet er seine Schwester und den Schwager tot in der Badestube. Die Stadtwache verhaftet ihn als Verdächtigen und wirft ihn in den Kerker. Nun drohen ihm, dem Henker, selbst Folter und Hinrichtung. Fieberhaft suchen seine Tochter Magdalena und der Medicus Simon Fronwieser nach dem wahren Täter und stoßen dabei auf ein Komplott, bei dem die Zukunft des Kaiserreichs auf dem Spiel steht.

Oliver Pötzsch: Der König des historischen Kriminalromans - Teil 2 der beliebten "Henker"-Saga. Ein vergifteter Pfarrer. Ein geheimnisvoller Sarkophag. Ein berüchtigter Geheimorden. Der Schongauer Henker Jakob Kuisl, seine Tochter Magdalena und der Medicus Simon suchen den legendären Schatz der Templer - und dabei sind sie nicht allein. Denn nicht nur eine Räuberbande, auch ein unheimlicher schwarzer Mönch hat schon längst die Verfolgung aufgenommen.

It’s the fifteenth century and only heretics are curious about the universe. Germany, 1494. Born under a rare alignment of the stars, Johann Georg Gerlach, "the lucky one" to his mother - is fated for greatness. But Johann’s studies and wonder at the sky have made him suspect. Especially in wake of the child disappearances that have left the God-fearing locals trembling and his one true love trapped in terrified catatonia. Her only words: "I have seen the devil..."

Rome, 1518. The church is tarnished by greed. Peasants are rebelling. Tumultuous times demand drastic recourse - before the devil gets his due. Johann Faust is a renowned magician, astrologer, and chiromancer traveling through Germany with his successful troupe: the orphaned juggler Greta and his loyal companion Karl. The avaricious Pope Leo X now requires Johann’s services to replenish the papacy’s drained coffers through alchemy. But the devil, with whom a regretful Johann once agreed to an unholy trade for fame, wants something else.

The year is 1672. Hangman Jakob Kuisl and his family travel to Munich, the cosmopolitan heart of Bavaria, for a meeting of the prestigious Council of Twelve, the leaders of the empire’s hangmen’s guild - prestigious for dishonourable hangmen at least. But something dark is happening behind the scenes: in the past weeks, young women have begun turning up dead. At first the authorities assume they are a rash of suicides, but when Kuisl notices that each woman possesses a matching amulet, suspicions arise that someone is murdering them.

In this thrilling adventure by bestselling author Oliver Pötzsch, thirteen-year-old Lukas has been trained as a swordsman by his father, a nobleman who was once a famed Musketeer. When the threat of war and accusations of witchcraft spread across the land, Lukas's life is forever changed. He flees his home and vows to find his missing sister.

Vienna, 1895: nella cripta sotto la cattedrale di Santo Stefano un gruppo di turisti trova un cadavere. È il corpo di un uomo, che giace tra gli scheletri con il volto contorto dal terrore. Incaricato di indagare su quello che ha tutte le apparenze di un delitto è, ancora una volta, Leopold von Herzfeldt, il quale scopre che la vittima era un famoso medico, il dottor Theodor Lichtenstein, noto per la sua avversione nei confronti dello spiritualismo che dilaga nella città.

Vienna, 1894. Augustin Rothmayer, il singolare becchino del cimitero centrale, uomo colto che sa tutto sulla morte, riceve un'insolita richiesta dall'ispettore Leopold von Herzfeldt, con cui ha già collaborato in precedenza: deve raccontargli tutto sulla conservazione dei defunti. La richiesta nasce dal nuovo caso che Leopold è stato incaricato di risolvere: nel Kunsthistorisches Museum è stato rinvenuto un sarcofago contenente un cadavere. Ma non si tratta di una mummia vecchia di secoli. Il morto è un famoso professore di egittologia il cui corpo è stato preparato solo di recente secondo un antico rito.