The book takes the reader back to the summer of 1794 that Goethe and Schiller spent together, days that were to be crucial not only for their work, but also for their personal relationship.
This book is, above all, the story of a friendship, of the man behind the myth, of his illusions and his sorrows, of his deepest longings and his most unspeakable fears.
This book is the story of two of the most influential authors of European literature, always sheltered by the women in their lives, often the only points of light in an existence that darkened to absolute darkness.