KarlLudwigSandisalesser-knownhistoricalnovelbyAlexandreDumas,writteninEnglish.Thestoryrevolvesaroundthereal-lifefigureKarlLudwigSand,aGermantheologystudentandmemberofanationaliststudentfraternity.SandgainedinfamyforassassinatingtheconservativeplaywrightAugustvonKotzebuein1819,anactdrivenbyhisradicalnationalistbeliefs.Dumas'novelexploresSand'slife,motivations,andthepoliticalturmoilofpost-NapoleonicEurope,blendinghistoricalfactwithdramaticstorytelling.Thebookdelvesintothemesofidealism,fanaticism,andtheconsequencesofviolentpoliticalaction,offeringapsychologicalportraitofayoungmanwhoseactionsshocked19th-centuryGermany.
