The Birthday King (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Alan Gabriel Barnsley
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Historical expressionism
- Time of Work: August, 1939, and November, 1941, to July, 1945
- Setting: Germany: Bavaria, East Prussia, and Berlin
- Principal Characters: Ruprecht Waitzmann, Alfried Waitzmann, Frau Wilhelmina Waitzmann, Baron Nicolas von Hoffbach, Carin von Hoffbach, Leo von Hoffbach, Eva de Luce, Onkle Fritz, Alexandra von Boehling, Felix Grunewald, Gudrun Grunewald, Hubertus Grunewald
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction, Expressionist literature
- Subjects: Factories, Race, Police, 1940’s, World War II, 1930’s, Good and evil, Military life or service, Catholics or Catholic Church, Nazism or Nazis, Germany or German people, Prisoners of war, Industrialization, Commerce, Berlin
- Locales: Berlin, Germany, Bavaria, Prussia
The Novel
The nearly blind Frau Wilhelmina Waitzmann, unable to carry on the enormous responsibilities of running the family business (the Waitzmann Industries Group, a conglomerate that includes pulp and textile mills), tells the board of directors at her residence in Bergedorf, Bavaria, that she intends to surrender responsibility to her firstborn son, Alfried. The decision does not sit well with her other son Ruprecht, who believes that he is worthier of succession than his elder brother.
Ruprecht tells Alfried how he feels, but Alfried, who has recently returned from...
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