02834cam a2200481 i 4500 1885670031 TxAuBib 20250126120000.0 220902s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022042128 9781538720998 hardcover 153872099X hardcover (OCoLC)1299300728 TxAuBib rda Berry, Steve, author. The last kingdom / Steve Berry. First edition. New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, Hachette Book Group, 2023. ©2023. viii, 451 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier [Cotton Malone series ; 17 [Cotton Malone series ; 17 Series information from Barnes & Noble. Sequel to: The Kaiser's web. "King Ludwig II of Bavaria was an enigmatic figure who was deposed in 1886, mysteriously drowning three days later. Eccentric to the point of madness, history tells us that in the years before he died Ludwig engaged in a worldwide search for a new kingdom, one separate, apart, and in lieu of Bavaria. A place he could retreat into and rule as he wished. But a question remains: did he succeed? Enter Cotton Malone. After many months, Malone's protégé, Luke Daniels, has managed to infiltrate a renegade group intent on winning Bavarian independence from Germany. Daniels has also managed to gain the trust of the prince of Bavaria, a frustrated second son intent on eliminating his brother, the duke, and restoring the Wittelsbach monarchy, only now with him as king. Everything hinges on a 19th century deed which proves that Ludwig's long-rumored search bore fruit--legal title to lands that Germany, China, and the United States all now want, only for vastly different reasons. In a race across Bavaria for clues hidden in Ludwig's three fairytale castles--Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee--Malone and Daniels battle an ever-growing list of deadly adversaries, all intent on finding the last kingdom"-- Provided by publisher. 20250126. Malone, Cotton (Fictitious character) Fiction. Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, 1845-1886 Fiction. Wittelsbach, House of Fiction. Nobility Fiction. Bavaria (Germany) Fiction. Germany Fiction. Political fiction. lcgft Thrillers (Fiction.) lcgft Historical fiction. fast Novels. [Cotton Malone series ; 17. [Cotton Malone series ; 17. LAKCL