Set around the events of the succession struggle of 1142 in medieval Bohemia the main character
Witiko the traditional founder of the Rosenberg Family searches for the Right finds it and
his beloved while never losing touch with the common folk. His quest is amid the panoramic
backdrop of national Bohemian politics and history with his fate paralleling that of the
acknowledged rightful duke Wladislaw who is also seeking the path of justice. Witiko is
considered one of the most significant German historical novels of the Nineteenth Century.
