Freiherr de Friedrich Heinrich Karl La Motte-Fouqué 2 hr 54 min read

The tale of the magic ring deepens as Sir Otto is possessed by a devil, a golden-armored champion strides in from the sea, and the knights of Montfaucon face fresh marvels and perils.

Baron de la Motte Fouqué's 1825 romance (volume two), by the author of Undine, is a classic of German Romantic fantasy. Chivalric, dreamlike, richly imagined. Read it for the continuing sweep of a medieval fairy-romance of knighthood, sorcery, and destiny from a founding master of the fantastic, whose enchanted tales enthralled the Romantic age.

In its time

Published in 1825, during the 1820s, tales of mesmerism, ghosts, and the fantastic voyage flourish in the romantic imagination.

Reading it

2 hr 54 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).