On the Cross: A Romance of the Passion Play at Oberammergau by Wilhelmine von Hillern

Description

Hillern weaves her love story through the real traditions of Oberammergau, its wood-carvers, its vow, and its festival, and she measures the hold of faith against the pull of desire with evident respect for both. Her heroine is no simple convert and her hero no simple saint; the drama, in every sense, is genuine.

The book was translated into many languages and reached an enormous audience, and it is not hard to see why: it has spectacle, sincerity, and a love story that honors its setting instead of trivializing it.

Why readers still come back to it

• A romance set at the most famous Passion Play in the world.
• Faith and love weighed against each other with real seriousness.
• Steeped in Bavarian village life and tradition.

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