Die Tochter des Salzsieders

Synopsis of Die Tochter des Salzsieders

«Die Tochter des Salzsieders» is the historical novel by Ulrike Schweikert, published by Droemer Knaur in paperback (454 pages, in German).

Anne Katharina Vogelmann, daughter of a wealthy salt maker, resists the role of a demure young woman who only waits to marry. Her quiet existence in Schwäbisch Hall is shattered when she uncovers a dark family secret and a murder; the investigation drags her into a web of intrigue, witchcraft, and crime in the sixteenth century.

First instalment of the «Salzsieder» series; the original edition was published in 2000 and this edition in 2001.

For readers of historical fiction and mystery set in sixteenth-century Germany, with a female protagonist.