When the remains of the old castle bastion are being removed in Vienna in 1859, a skeleton from the French era is found in a buried passageway, puzzling the authorities. There is only one man alive who knows the secret of the unknown corpse, and he has every reason to remain silent: Alois Strasser, former commissioner in the state police office. In 1809, he is tasked with protecting Napoleon Bonaparte from assassination attempts during his stay in French-occupied Vienna. In the process, Strasser becomes embroiled in an intrigue that he only fully understands decades later.
Group
Books (first-hand)
Author
Lacom, Harald
Title
Tyrannenmord. Ein Kriminalroman aus dem Alten Wien.
