The death of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, the last knight of Europe, has always been shrouded in a veil of riddles and dark secrets. The main question still remains: did the “fairy-tale king” commit suicide or was he killed by conspirators? His relatives flatly refused an autopsy and never allowed anyone near the body of the late king. Over time, the life and death of Ludwig II became the stuff of legend. Until the diary of a close friend of the Bavarian monarch fell into the hands of the German second-hand bookseller Stephen Lucas, the text of which was cleverly encrypted. Stephen immediately smelled the secret. But, apparently, those who soon came to his store also sensed it...