The Girl from Alsace

In the spring of 1914, a young American physician finds himself side‑by‑side with a charismatic German engineer after a chance encounter at a surgical congress in Vienna. Their friendship deepens as they wander together through the medieval streets of Nuremberg, the fragrant lanes of Würzburg, and the mist‑clad heights of Heidelberg, sharing coffee and stories beneath cathedral spires. The journey culminates in Cologne, where the looming specter of war begins to cast a shadow over their easy camaraderie.

On the terrace of a bustling square, a uniformed captain appears, his presence a reminder that the continent is on the brink of conflict. As the two men exchange farewells, an enigmatic Alsatian girl watches from the shadows, her own loyalties torn between two nations. The novel follows their intertwined fates, exploring love, duty, and the fragile hope that can survive even the darkest days of the Great War.