Excerpt from Das Edle Blut: Erzahlung Ernst von wildenbruch was born February 3, 184 5, at Beirut, Syria. His father, Ludwig von Wildenbruch, at that time Prussian consul-general at Beirut, is described as a man of straightforward, independent character. His mother, Ernestine nee von Langen, was a woman in whom religious and patriotic feelings were unusually strong. Ernst inherited the traits of both parents, and these have become in no small degree characteristic of his literary work. In 1847 the von Wildenbruch family returned to Berlin, remaining there till 18 50, when Ludwig von Wil denbruch was appointed Prussian ambassador to Greece. After a-year in Athens, he was transferred to Constantino ple, where the family lived about six years. In the spring of 18 57 the mother, accompanied by the children (three sons and a daughter), returned to Berlin. She was in fail ing health and died in January of the following year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.