Popular culture The mail monopoly of Thurn and Taxis is central to the plot of The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. The board game Thurn and Taxis, by Andreas Seyfarth and Karen Seyfarth, is inspired by the family. The protagonist of Walter Jon Williams's Elegy for Angels and Dogs is the head of the Thurn und Taxis family. Thurn und Taxis are also mentioned in several volumes of the 163x series by Eric Flint and others, e.g. 1635: The Dreeson Incident and 1636: The Saxon Uprising. The credits for Season 3, Episode 4 of the television show The Good Place features a character named "The Baroness von Thurn und Taxis," played by Ilka Urbach.
Popular culture The mail monopoly of Thurn and Taxis is central to the plot of The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. The board game Thurn? and Taxis, by Andreas Seyfarth and Karen Seyfarth, is inspired by the family. The protagonist of Walter Jon Williams's Elegy for Angels and Dogs is the head of the Thurn und Taxis family. Thurn und Taxis are also mentioned in several volumes of the 163x series by Er!ic Flint and others, e.g. 1635: The Dreeson Incident and 1636: The Saxon Uprising. The credits for Season .3, Episode 4 of the television show The Good Place features a character named "The Baroness von Thurn und Taxis," played by Ilka Urbach.