Spindler by Winterhalter.
Karl Spindler (October 16, 1796 – July 12, 1855) was a
German
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novelist
A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists are professional novelists, thus make a living writing novels and other fiction, while others aspire to ...
.
Biography
Spindler was born in
Breslau, and educated at Strasburg. He joined a company of strolling players in Germany, and resided from 1832 at
Baden-Baden
Baden-Baden () is a spa town in the states of Germany, state of Baden-Württemberg, south-western Germany, at the north-western border of the Black Forest mountain range on the small river Oos (river), Oos, ten kilometres (six miles) east of the ...
. He died at
Freiersbach,
Baden
Baden (; ) is a historical territory in South Germany, in earlier times on both sides of the Upper Rhine but since the Napoleonic Wars only East of the Rhine.
History
The margraves of Baden originated from the House of Zähringen. Baden is ...
, aged 58.
Works
His reputation rests on his
historical romance
Historical romance is a broad category of mass-market fiction focusing on romantic relationships in historical periods, which Walter Scott helped popularize in the early 19th century.
Varieties Viking
These books feature Vikings during the Da ...
s:
* ''Der Bastard'' (3 vols., Zürich, 1826)
* ''Der Jude'' (4 vols., Stuttgart, 1827)
* ''Der Jesuit'' (3 vols., 1829)
* ''Der Invalide'' (5 vols., 1831).
His complete works include 102 volumes (1831–54), besides minor novels contained in his periodical publication ''Vergissmeinnicht'' (1830–55).
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1796 births
1855 deaths
German journalists
German male journalists
People from Wrocław
People from Baden-Baden
German male novelists
19th-century German novelists
19th-century German male writers
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