num_pages: 247
description: Almqvist's great novel of 1834 appears at long last in English translation. Although a German translation appeared over 50 years ago, the Swedish classic has been neglected in the English-speaking world. This is all the more remarkable because the novel has rightly been regarded by the Swedish critics as one of the absolute masterpieces of Scandinavian prose, and because the sensational event on which it is centred -- the assassination of King Gustaf III in 1792 -- is familiar to an international opera audience through the Verdi opera Un ballo in maschera.
language: Swedish
title: The Queen's Diadem
titlecomplete: The Queen's Diadem
characters: Gustav III
genres: Fiction, Historical, Death, LGBT, Read For School, Classics, Novels, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Swedish Literature
ratings_count: 493
series: Törnrosens bok
publisher: Gardners Books