Jan Bauer's historical detective story The Castle of the Dead
The nobleman Raimund of Pušperk accompanied Eliška Premyslovna to her wedding with John of Luxembourg in Špýr. He also returned to Bohemia with the royal spouses and after John's famous coronation he finally headed home to his castle Pušperk in the foothills of the Šumava Mountains. To his horror, he discovered that Pušperk was completely deserted, his wife Voršila and daughter Anna had disappeared somewhere, and the remaining inhabitants of the castle had been slaughtered. Raimund found only their mutilated corpses. In desperation, he turns to the chamberlain of the Bohemian kingdom, Peter of Rozmberk, who recommends the royal judge Melichar of Roupov. Melichar and his assistant Bozhech are now trying to find out who murdered the inhabitants of Pushperk and what happened to Vorshila and her daughter Anna. Did someone take them? And why is that? Will they be able to free them and arrest the killers?
