University of Heidelberg

HA defended her University of Heidelberg dissertation under Karl Jaspers ' supervision. It was entitled St Augustine's Concept of Love.

After HA left highschool her mother arranged for her to take classes at the University of Berlin . In fall 1924, supported by scholarships, she began her postsecondary studies with theology at the University of Marburg

Her father, Tanneguy Le Fèvre , was a humanist scholar who at the time of her birth was secretary to the governor of Langres. From 1651 to October 1670 he taught at the Protestant academy...

This is another historical novel (it opens in 1780 on the Rhine). It is accomplished, well-paced, cosmopolitan, but much less centred on female characters and concerns than is typical in JH 's earlier fiction...