I was going to post this book when I first joined PBS but after realizing that I hadn't read it, I decided to do so. Ordinarily it is not the kind of book I'd be interested in....but as I started it, I became fascinated with the story and the characters. I'm glad I didn't pass up the chance to read this. Great story....great storyteller.
The crime that rocked an empire struck in 1909, when a young officer in Franz-Josef's army, passed over for promotion, was accused of mailing poisened "aphrodisiac" caspules to ten members of the Imperial and Royal Austro-Hungarian Army's General Staff.
