
Penelope Fitzgeralds final masterpiece. Set in Germany at the very end of the eighteenth century The Blue Flower is the story of the brilliant Fritz von Hardenberg a graduate of the Universities of Jena Leipzig & Wittenberg learned in Dialectics & Mathematics who later became the great romantic poet & philosopher Novalis. The passionate & idealistic Fritz needs his fathers permission to announce his engagement to his hearts heart his true Philosophy twelve-year-old Sophie von Kuhn. It is a betrothal which amuses astounds & disturbs his family & friends. How can it be so? One of the most admired of all Penelope Fitzgeralds books The Blue Flower was chosen as Book of the Year more than any other in 1995. Her final book it confirmed her reputation as one of the finest novelists of the century.