The League of Legendary Ladies – The Prelude

  • With charm, skirts, and intellect – Suffragettes, abolitionists, and the League of Legendary Ladies, all women who fought for equality and justice
  • Meet Bettina von Arnim, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, and the courageous fairy tale collectors of the Brothers Grimm in a sparkling epic full of heart and adventure
  • An unusual historical novel for readers of Pip Williams, Emilia Hart and Hannah Caspian

The Country Needs New Heroines!

Germany, early 19th century. In a world where women possess hardly any rights, quiet but determined voices rise in a gentle revolution. In magnificent ballrooms and discreet corners behind double doors, the League of Legendary Ladies forms around Bettina von Arnim, standing up for justice. Whether by pen or by sword—opinions differ on the method. Despite all disagreements, the members of the League are agreed on one thing: A new order is needed! But when two of their allies die under mysterious circumstances and a spy must be exposed, their mission turns into a race against time. Will the League be able to fight their enemies and triumph in their quest for truth and progress? A game of wit, disguise, and secret alliances begins ...

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  • Publisher: Droemer HC
  • Release: 04.05.2026
  • ISBN: 978-3-426-57044-9
  • 350 Pages
  • Author: Charlotte von Feyerabend
The League of Legendary Ladies – The Prelude
Charlotte von Feyerabend The League of Legendary Ladies – The Prelude
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Charlotte von Feyerabend

Charlotte von Feyerabend went out into the world at a young age. After hotel management training and a degree in literature, media education and text technology, she held jobs at various publishing houses and in PR and marketing. The author lived for six years in Oslo, five years in Berlin and two years in Stockholm, where she fell in love with the Swedish landscape and its stories. In 2020, she returned to Germany. By this time, her luggage consisted of three children, a Norwegian forest cat, seven published books (the most recent being a Kindle no. 1 bestseller and a no. 1 BILD bestseller) as well as published games and professional experience as an educator and a lecturer at a writing school, and involvement with projects with the Goethe Institut in Oslo. In 2019, she was invited to the Tysk Norsk literature festival in Oslo as an author. She is a member of DeLiA and can conjure a story from almost anything.