The Three Candles of Little Veronica

The Story of a Child's Soul in This World and the Other

"Even a short time before the age of motor traffic, the lonely northern countryside along the Baltic coast of Germany was considerably more deserted than it is today. In that age and physical setting, Manfred Kyber chose to place his story. Human dwellings were few and far between. Castle Irreloh stood alone and sinister, listening to the eternal song of the sea. Some said it was haunted, but no one knew for their eyes had become accustomed to this world alone. From Irreloh it was several miles to the little town of Halmar: Halmar, with its narrow winding streets and old houses dominated by the church spire ... "

Was first published in Germany in 1929. It was translated into English by Rosamond Reinhardt and Illustrated by Iris Guarducci in 1972.