Opening in a Vienna paralysed by news of Bonaparte’s Italian victories, with Minister Thugut, Joseph Haydn and the Treaty of Campo Formio, the novel moves to Berlin and the court of Frederick William III and Queen Louisa. As Napoleon’s armies overrun Prussia, the queen becomes the symbol of national resistance, her fortunes followed through defeat, exile and humiliation.
A crowded, colourful historical novel by the most popular German writer of the genre in her day. Download the free EPUB.