The Knight Who Would Kill Martin Luther

Knight Reinhard of Zahna served Franz von Sickingen, the most feared man in the Holy Roman Empire. Reinhard was obscure yet seen by the most famed eyes of Europe: French and England kings, emperors Maximilian and Karl V, Frederick the Wise, Faust, Erasmus, Hutten, D rer and MARTIN LUTHER Few knew Reinhard s name. For decades he had killed for his lords without being killed. Then along came Luther and turned the world upside down. Sickingen was killed in 1523. Reinhard was released from service. Reinhard knew only too well who had ruined his life: MARTIN LUTHER Luther was in Saxony, a breadth of the empire distant from Reinhard in the Rhineland. But safety in distance was an illusion. Reinhard of Zahna had hesitated at a chance to kill Luther in 1521. Not next time. THE KNIGHT WHO WOULD KILL MARTIN LUTHER tells how Reinhard of Zahna fights and lusts his way across the empire to Saxony. Frederick the Wise may protect Luther from popes, kings and emperors but he will not know how to save Luther from an obscure knight who kills for revenge and honor...