Author: Gustav Meyrink Year: 1917 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Classic, Fantasy
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ISBNs: 9781907650178 9781873982501 1907650172 187398250X |
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Walpurgisnacht uses Prague as the setting for a clash between German officialdom immured in the ancient castle above the Moldau, and a Czech revolution seething in the city below. History, myth and political reality merge in an apocalyptic climax as the rebels, urged on by a drum covered in human skin, storm the castle to crown a poor violinist "Emperor of the World" in St. Vitus' Cathedral.
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