The publication deals with the late work of the Prague German-Jewish author Ludwig Winder, who originated from Moravia and lived in English exile from 1939. The focus is on the analysis of the novels The Heir - A Character Study of Franz Ferdinand and the Disenchantment of the Habsburg Myth, The Valet - The Decline of a Bohemian Noble Family in the Dying Danube Monarchy, Variation on the "Valet Nature" - and The Duty - An Examination of the Resistant Protagonist in Relation to Felix Weltsch's Concept of Creative Duty. Winder is characterized as an author who shares the emancipatory claims of the 20th century but is also aware of their futility in light of the fragility of civilizational securities, thus emphasizing the strength of the individual.