Tired of her counsellors and the dull ceremony of her court, a young queen seizes the chance to take to the air and leave her palace behind. Her flight brings her to a riverside hut where she lives among geese and rushes, bathing in the stream and learning about the world beyond her throne and the people she rules.
An early literary fairy tale of 1894 by the future author of The Good Soldier, published as Ford Hueffer. Download the free EPUB.