Kaspar Hauser: the True Story
Book Details
Author(s)
Catherine Powlett
Publisher
Indibooks
ISBN / ASIN
B00CG9DYQU
ISBN-13
978B00CG9DYQ3
Sales Rank
#1,198,659
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
Description
One afternoon in May 1828, two men, standing talking together in the Unschlittspiatz, outside the Neue Thor of Nuremberg, were hailed by a country lad, who asked his way to the Neue Thor Strasse.
He was a fresh-complexioned boy of seventeen or thereabouts, dressed like a countryman, and decidedly short of his age; his clothes were dusty, as from a long tramp, and he looked jaded, but he came up to them with a quick, firm step.
He then pulled a letter out of his pocket addressed, with all the usual German formalities, to “the Captain of the 4th Squadron of the Schmolischer Regiment, Neue Thor Strasse, Nurembergâ€...
The story of Kaspar Hauser is both curious and instructive. It shows on how commonplace and unpromising a foundation a myth of European celebrity may rest.
The Author
“The True Story of Kaspar Hauser: from Official Documents†was published in 1893 by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett, the Duchess of Cleveland (1819 – 1901). She was the daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope. Lord Stanhope, who in December 1831 became Kaspar Hauser’s foster-father, was accused of planning the death of the mysterious boy.
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He was a fresh-complexioned boy of seventeen or thereabouts, dressed like a countryman, and decidedly short of his age; his clothes were dusty, as from a long tramp, and he looked jaded, but he came up to them with a quick, firm step.
He then pulled a letter out of his pocket addressed, with all the usual German formalities, to “the Captain of the 4th Squadron of the Schmolischer Regiment, Neue Thor Strasse, Nurembergâ€...
The story of Kaspar Hauser is both curious and instructive. It shows on how commonplace and unpromising a foundation a myth of European celebrity may rest.
The Author
“The True Story of Kaspar Hauser: from Official Documents†was published in 1893 by Catherine Lucy Wilhelmina Powlett, the Duchess of Cleveland (1819 – 1901). She was the daughter of Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope. Lord Stanhope, who in December 1831 became Kaspar Hauser’s foster-father, was accused of planning the death of the mysterious boy.
This eBook
This new edition of the “True Story of Kaspar Hauser†is a functional and easy-to-read eBook, designed to give you the very best e-reading experience. It has been digitized, edited and formatted by Indibooks’ editors and designers expressly for your Kindle.
