Gertrude, scarcely seventeen and in fragile health, travels up the Rhine with her devoted lover Trevylyan, from Rotterdam through Gorcum and Cologne. Unseen, the fairy queen Nymphalin and her court follow their progress, while the journey is threaded with tales and legends of the river’s castles and towns.
A florid Romantic travel-fantasy that Bulwer-Lytton asked readers to judge by the rules of poetry. Download the free EPUB.