Title: Die blaue Blume
First published: February 1, 1999
Description: A fictionalized biography of the 18th Century German poet, Friedrich Leopold von Hardenberg, who wrote under the nom de plume, Novalis. The novel centers on his philosophy ("My conviction gains infinitely the moment another soul will believe in it.") and on his romance with Sophie von Kuhn, 12, who became his muse, but who died of tuberculosis before they could marry. By the author of The Gates of Angels.
Subjects: Fiction, German Poets, Germany, History, Large type books, Poets, German, Relations with women, Fiction, historical, general, Germany, fiction, Love stories, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, historical, Literature and fiction, women authors, Literature and fiction, historical fiction, Eighteenth century, Historical fiction
Places: Germany
People: Novalis (1772-1801), Sophie von Kühn (1782-1797)
Time periods: 1740-1806, 18th century