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The only novel by the German poet Friedrich von Schiller. Formally, it is a «fragment», and quite in the romantic style, but still a complete work. This is a «sensational novel», which deals with the themes of spiritualism and conspiracy. The main intrigue revolves around a secret society that seeks to gain influence over a certain heir to the throne and thus determine politics and life in Europe at that time. It is a Gothic novel with elements of drama, an epistolary work, a philosophical treatise, and an adventure novel. Despite the fact that the events described here take place at the end of the eighteenth century, this work is still relevant both in style and content, as if it were created at the beginning of the twenty-first century and tells about the foundations of today's Europe.