Felix Werner, a young professor of philology, comes to believe that a manuscript of the lost books of Tacitus lies hidden in an old country house. His search brings him to the farm of a landowner and his daughter Ilse, whom he marries, and draws them both into university life, a princely court and a world of jealousy and intrigue.
A long, humane novel of German academic and family life from the author of Debit and Credit. Download the free EPUB.