"The Lord of the World" by Adolf Mützelburg (1856)
The Lord of the World by Adolf Mützelburg (1856) Der Herr Der Welt (German) Adolf Mützelburg I'm not completely convinced that this is a worthwhile read. After slogging through the book, there doesn't seem to be a Main Plot at all- it's more like a set of aimless (mis)adventures involving people peripherally involved with the Count, and it's up to him to chase after them in multiple countries to save them from their dire situations. There seems to be five separate plot threads, and this book just meanders around all over the place, with no specific purpose. The author, Adolf Mützelburg, seems to be a bad writer, but it seems possible (and probable) that there was a longer version originally, and had been brutally edited down later to about 300 pages. This means that for those who ARE willing to trudge through this rather uninteresting book, there's no pot of gold at the end and it STILL won't make any sense! The book is available in G