A dramatic retelling of the life of Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, one of the most fascinating ... age of 18 to his passionate support of Richard Wagner and his music. From his ingenuous political ...

Among other things, Ludwig II’s fascination with Wagner would lead him to believe Bavaria needed an absolutist monarchy. Ludwig II fantasised that he would become the Moon King, a kind of ...

In the last years of his life, Bavarian king Ludwig II (1845 – 1886) devotes himself to ambitious architectural projects, which strain the state coffers to the extreme. The monarch, who is ...