Siebenhöfen

A gripping novel about industrial culture and the art scene around 1800 The year is 1813, and the industrial age has begun in the Erzgebirge mountains. Apprentice stonemason Carl Steiner witnesses the construction of the new spinning mill in Siebenhöfen, which is accompanied by dramatic events. Master builder Lohse erects the mill like a palace for Evan Evans, a mechanical engineer from England. Carl's artistic talent, however, soon leads him from the Erzgebirge to the art academy in dazzling Leipzig, where he discovers paintings by Italian masters in the famous collection at Speck von Sternburg. And his fascination for art pushes him further afield to Rome ... Bernd Sikora skilfully weaves the life of the master stonemason Carl Steiner, who was called to art, into historical events and lets him meet real people of the time.