HANSEATIC RADIANCE - A FAMILY SAGA SET IN HAMBURG (Vol. I)

• 550,000 copies sold of Hanseatic Radiance (Vol. I) and Hanseatic Storms (Vol. II) altogether! 
  
• Exciting era: industrialisation, women’s rights and the battle of the workers.
• Fascinating panorama: shipyards and shipping companies in Hamburg at the end of the 19th century, rich villas on the riverside and slums near the harbour.
• Spellbinding love story connecting two contradictory worlds.

A turbulent era. An impossible love affair. A moving saga.

Hamburg 1886. Lily, whose father is a ship owner, dreams of becoming a writer. During a ship-naming ceremony, Lily gives a short speech during which her hat is blown off her head. One of the workers tries to get it back for her and is badly injured. Lily is shocked that no one sympathises with the young man’s fate. Then Johannes Bolten comes to the ship owner’s villa to demand compensation for his injured friend. Lily wants to help and allows herself to be drawn into a dangerous game of hide-and-seek. She begins a passionate affair with him. But Jo, who comes from the notorious gangland area, has a secret that Lily must never discover …