Undine

Undine

Four tales are, it is said, intended by the Author to be appropriate to the Four Seasons: the stern, grave Sintram, to winter; the tearful, smiling, fresh Undine, to Spring; the torrid deserts of the Two Captains, to summer; and the sunset gold of Aslaugas Knight, to autumn. Of these two are before us. The author of these tales, as well as of many more, was Friedrich, Baron de la Motte Fouque, one of the foremost of the minstrels or tale-tellers of the realm of spiritual chivalrythe realm whither Arthurs knights departed when they took the Sancgreals holy quest,whence Spensers Red Cross knight and his fellows came forth on their adventures, and in which the Knight of la Mancha believed, and endeavoured to exist. La Motte Fouque derived his name and his title from the French Huguenot ancestry, who had fled on the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. His Christian name was taken from his godfather, Frederick the Great, of whom his father was a faithful friend, without compromising his religious principles and practice. Friedrich was born at Brandenburg on February 12, 1777, was educated by good parents at home, served in the Prussian army through disaster and success, took an enthusiastic part in the rising of his country against Napoleon, inditing as many battle-songs as Korner. When victory was achieved, he dedicated his sword in the church of Neunhausen where his estate lay. He lived there, with his beloved wife and his imagination, till his death in 1843. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 2825
Author: La Motte-Fouqué, Friedrich Heinrich Karl
Release Date: Sep 1, 2001
Format: eBook
Language: English