Julius Bacher (8 August 1810 – 1889) was a German playwright and novelist from

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Biography

Bacher studied medicine in

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, and settled there as a physician in 1837. After ten years, he abandoned his medical career to devote himself exclusively to literature. His first production in this field was a drama, ''Karl des XII. Erste Liebe'' (

Charles XII Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( sv, Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of t ...

's First Love). Then the political events of 1848 interrupted his literary activity, but he resumed it eight years later by publishing a novel, ''Sophie Charlotte, die Philosophische Königin'', 3 vols. Its favorable reception by the public encouraged him to pursue literature, and he published successively: ''Die Brautschau Friedrich des Grossen'' (

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's Search for a Bride; 1857), a drama; and ''Friedrich I. Letzte Tage'' (The Last Days of Frederick I; 1858), a romance in 3 vols. In 1859 his ''Charakterbild aus dem Leben'' was performed at the Royal Berlin Theater. Bacher thereupon settled in Berlin, whence he traveled to Switzerland and France. Upon his return to Berlin in 1860 he published three volumes of tales and a number of romances. The more celebrated of these works are: ''Ein Urteil Washington's'', 2 vols., 1864; ''Sybilla von Kleve'', 3 vols., 1865; ''Napoleon I. Letzte Liebe'', 6 vols., 1868; ''Auf dem Wiener Kongress'' (On the

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), 4 vols., 1869; ''Prinzessin Sidonie'', 3 vols., 1870; and the tragedies, ''Lady Seymour'' and ''Lucie''.

Sources

* A. de Gubernatis: ''Dictionnaire International des Ecrivains du Jour'', Florence, 1891; *

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: ''Berühmte Israelitische Männer und Frauen'', 1901, xi. 89 *

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