Michael Kohlhaas

Based on historical events, this thrilling saga of violence and retribution

bridges the gap between Medieval and modern literature, and speaks so

profoundly to the contemporary spirit that it has been the basis of numerous

plays, movies, and novels.

It has become, in fact, a classic tale: that of the honorable man forced to

take the law into his own hands. In this incendiary prototype, a minor tax

dispute intensifies explosively, until the eponymous hero finds the forces of

an entire kingdom, and even the great Martin Luther, gathered against him. But

soon even Luther comes to echo the growing army of peasants asking, "Isn’t

Kohlhaas right?"

Widely acknowledged as one of the masterworks of German literature, _Michael

Kohlhaas_ is also one of the most stirring tales ever written of the quest for

justice.