Friedrich Schiller Audio

Set in 16th century England, Mary Stuart follows the tale of Elizabeth I who is threatened by the survival of her Catholic cousin, Mary, who has been a prisoner for 19 years.

The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands.

The History of the Thirty Years War is a five volume work, which followed his very successful History of the Revolt of the Netherlands. Written for a wider audience than Revolt, it is a vivid history, colored by Schiller’s own interest in the question of human freedom and his rationalist optimism.

Schiller's tragedy depicts the final days of Mary, Queen of Scots, who has been imprisoned by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I, because of her potential claim on the English throne.

Ferdinand is an army major and son of President von Walter, a high-ranking noble in a German duke's court, while Luise Miller is the daughter of a middle-class musician.

German short stories began in the late 18th century as brief, beautifully written moral fables....