num_pages: 412
description: An international sensation, The Royal Physician's Visit magnificently recasts the dramatic era of Danish history when Johann Friedrich Struensee -- court physician to mad young King Christian -- stepped through an aperture in history and became the holder of absolute power in Denmark. His is a gripping tale of power, sex, love, and the life of the mind, and it is superbly rendered here by one of Sweden's most acclaimed writers. A charismatic German doctor and brilliant intellectual, Struensee used his influence to introduce hundreds of reforms in Denmark in the 1760s. He had a tender and erotic affair with Queen Caroline Mathilde, who was unsatisfied by her unstable, childlike husband. Yet Struensee lacked the subtlety of a skilled politician and the cunning to choose enemies wisely; these flaws proved fatal, and would eventually lead to his tragic demise.
language: English
title: The Royal Physician's Visit
titlecomplete: The Royal Physician's Visit
characters: Christian VII of Denmark, Caroline Matilda of Great Britain
genres: Sweden, Historical, Denmark, Swedish Literature, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, Fiction, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 4003
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Augustpriset
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Deutscher Buchpreis (German Book Prize)
category: Internationale Belletristik, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Washington Square Press