Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld (character)
Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is the main character in a series of short, humorous novels by Scottish author Alexander McCall Smith.
In the books, Von Igelfeld is:
- said to be quite tall;
- born on May Day, 1 May;
- initially a student in Heidelberg, Germany;
- second for a duel by his friend Prinzel, which he had arranged, mistakenly, in a drunken discussion;
- a doctoral student of Professor Dr Dr Dr Dieter Vogelsang, in Munich, Germany, studying Celtic philology and in particular Early Irish, and completed a field trip to Cork to gather data on its profanity;
- a doctoral student (second assistant) of Professor Walter Schöffler-Henschell at the University of Wiesbaden.
Book Series
The books in the series are:
The books' illustrations are by Iain McIntosh.
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