by Wilhelm Raabe · Boer · tapa dura · ISBN 9783966624626
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«Der heilige Born» is the historical novel by Wilhelm Raabe published by Boer in hardback (380 pages, in German).
In 1556, the River Weser is the border between Catholics and Lutherans. Klaus Eckenbrecher, a young Lutheran, wants to marry Monika, daughter of a strict pastor, and to succeed he must make his way. His service to Count Philipp von Spiegelberg brings him close to the Heilige Born, a spring of miraculous waters, in a tale of love, faith and conflict.
The full subtitle is «Blätter aus dem Bilderbuche des sechzehnten Jahrhunderts»; the work is set within German literary realism.
For readers of historical fiction and classics of German literary realism.
Wilhelm Raabe was a German novelist. His early works were published under the pseudonym of Jakob Corvinus.
