{"product_id":"the-innocents-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"The Innocents and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGertrud Von Le Fort\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNewly translated into English for the first time, these four novellas from the acclaimed German writer Gertrud von le Fort are from her later works of historical fiction. Ominous and mysterious, these page-turning stories bring to life momentous chapters in from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Innocents\u003c\/i\u003e, set in Germany after the Second World War, is a poignant family drama about the horrors of war, the suffering of the innocent, and the demands of justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ostracized Woman\u003c\/i\u003e traces the fate of a Prussian family at the end of World War II to the heroic deed of an ancestor done centuries before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last Meeting\u003c\/i\u003e imagines the last encounter between Madame de La Valli re and Madame de Montespan, rival mistresses of King Louis XIV of France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Tower of Constancy\u003c\/i\u003e leads the reader into the heart of the infamous French prison of the same name while exploring the role of conscience in the religious and philosophical conflicts of the eighteenth-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGertrud von le Fort\u003c\/b\u003e (1876-1971) was a German novelist and essayist. A convert to Catholicism, she attended the universities of Heidelberg, Berlin and Marburg. She was a prolific writer whose poetry and novels, which have been translated into many languages, won her acclaim throughout Europe. She also wrote \u003ci\u003eSong at the Scaffold\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Eternal Woman\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150411960455,"sku":"9781586176402","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a58c08b2f4fb9b5f0408985716ef3a57.webp?v=1733199315","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-innocents-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}