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The Colours of the Butterflies

‘I want to know absolutely everything—but I’ll never marry!’

From childhood, Countess Maria von Linden was more interested in nature than in needlework and in 1891, she became the first woman in Württemberg to finish a secondary-school education and the first female student at the University of Tübingen. In 1910, she was awarded the title of professor as the first female German scientist. And in her private life she was unconventional equally exercising the right to love whomever she wanted – although she remained unmarried all her life. This is the moving story of an exceptional woman, scientist and champion of women’s rights, whose legacy lives on to this day.

  • The moving story of an unusual woman, scientist and fighter for women's rights, whose life's work extends to the present day
  • For all readers of the biographical novels by Laura Baldini and Eva-Maria Bast
Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rebecca Michéle

Rebecca Michéle, born in Rottweil in 1963, has been writing since her childhood. She has published over forty novels under various pseudonyms. She has a special relationship with the British Isles, where many of her novels are set. Along with her  husband, she was a successful ballroom dancer for over thirty years.

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400 pages, ISBN: 978-3-423-22076-7
First published 2024