La leggenda di Loreley

Goga-Klinkenberg, Susanne2020

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1868, Hertfordshire. At thirty-two, Paula lives a secluded existence as a lady-in-waiting to an elderly cousin. In the small English village there is no room for dreams, yet, when by chance she comes across the poem of the nymph Loreley, who from a cliff on the Rhine enchants fishermen by combing her long hair, she feels an intimate connection with those distant places. An inexplicable connection since she has never traveled in his life. Until one day she discovers the existence of a letter addressed to her, but which no one has ever delivered to her. A letter that comes from Bonn. The surprise is even greater when Paula learns that the sender introduces himself as "Uncle Rudy", the brother of her deceased father. Rudy, seriously ill, asks the girl to visit him before it is too late. But why hasn't her mother ever told her about this uncle? And why has mystery always hovered over the death of the father? Determined to discover the truth, Paula sets out on a journey. Arriving in the Rhine valley, she will discover its wonders with the help of the fascinating photographer Benjamin Trevor. But she will soon be forced to realiae that the legendary river hides dark truths..