This book does not focus on the works of Friedrich Schiller, but rather on the circumstances and conditions of their creation, the everyday life of a writer, scholar, and theater man. Sigrid Damm seeks out the places associated with Schiller's tragically short life during her journey. It is a surprisingly small area; Schiller never saw the settings of his dramas—France, Scotland, Switzerland—never visited Italy, and never stood by a sea. Financial struggles shaped his life. Schiller was one of the first authors to attempt to support a significant part of his income as a freelance writer, which forced him to navigate the commercial literary scene, despite being a citoyen, an honorary citizen of the French Revolution, and the man whom Emperor Franz II elevated to the nobility of the Holy Roman Empire. Amid all external circumstances...