The Adventures of Dagobert Trostler by Balduin Groller
Published: 2017 | Series: Standalone
Dagobert Trostler is described as the Sherlock Holmes of Vienna. What sets him apart from his English counterpart is that Trostler is a bon-vivant in the heyday of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. This collection features stories published in Vienna between 1889 and 1910. It provides a glimpse into the sparkling, forgotten world of turn-of-the-century Vienna.
About Balduin Groller
Adalbert Goldscheider (1848-1916), better known by his pseudonym Balduin Groller, was an Austrian journalist and author as well as the founder of the Austrian Olympic Committee. His most famous literary creation was Dagobert Trostler, a fictional detective known as "The Sherlock Holmes of Vienna," with short stories published in various magazines between about 1895 and 1910. In 2017, a collection of Dagobert stories appeared in English as The Adventures of Dagobert Trostler.
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