Joachim Schreck Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Sammlung von Lyrik und Prosa deutschsprachiger Autoren (u.a. von C. Keller, K. Tucholsky), die auf unterhaltsame Weise den Zeitgeist im Kaiserreich widerspiegelt.

Walpurgisnacht uses Prague as the setting for a clash between German officialdom immured in the ancient castle above the Moldau, and a Czech revolution seething in the city below. History, myth and political reality merge in an apocalyptic climax as the rebels, urged on by a drum covered in human skin, storm the castle to crown a poor violinist "Emperor of the World" in St. Vitus' Cathedral