Travellers cross Lake Geneva to Vevey for the great festival of the Abbaye des Vignerons, among them a Bernese nobleman, his daughter Adelheid and the brave young soldier Sigismund, who hides a secret. The office of headsman of Bern is hereditary, and Cooper builds his story on the cruelty of a society that brands a whole family for the work it forces them to do.
A thoughtful European romance from the author of The Last of the Mohicans, set among Alpine lakes and mountains. Download the free EPUB.