The Dove in the Eagle's Nest single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1881... 1881 The Dove in the Eagle's Nest
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Winter in Picardy, France, in 1870 and a group of German officers bivouack in a French chateau. Captain Max von Rosenheim is attracted to a portrait and when he returns wounded to the chateau, falls in love with the living image (daughter of the original subject). She is already engaged to her cousin and is a patriot - but love and the secret of her birth make all things possible. Well-written and constructed romance. (PB)

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  • From The Yankee Blade

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  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 16 no. 190 March 1881 Z1013092 1881 periodical issue 1881 pg. 363-367
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