On the Cross

Set around the famous Passion Play of Oberammergau, this novel tells of faith, artistic devotion, and a love tested by vows and worldly temptation in a Bavarian mountain village. Von Hillern brings warmth and drama to a story steeped in the traditions of the play in which villagers enact the life of Christ. Popular in its day, it blends religious feeling, romance, and vivid Alpine local color. A heartfelt tale of devotion and sacrifice from a well-regarded German novelist of the nineteenth century.