Foxes in the Vineyard

«Foxes in the Vineyard» (1946) — the famous novel by the outstanding German writer Lion Feuchtwanger, recreating the turbulent atmosphere of Europe and the young American state in the second half of the 18th century — an era when Louis XVI ascended the French throne, while in far-off America the flame of the War of Independence was igniting. Against the backdrop of the exquisite French court, where great philosophers and writers create their immortal works and the most beautiful women of their time shine, the new French monarch makes a fateful decision to support the North American states in their struggle for independence from England, the eternal enemy of the French crown. This support became one of the key factors in the victory of the Americans and the signing of a peace treaty, but it also largely predetermined future revolutionary events…

In Feuchtwanger's masterful narrative, he creates a picture of the overwhelming convergence of dramatic historical events, under the influence of which the foxes that penetrated the blooming vineyard forever changed the course of history…