Christian August Vulpius

Christian August Vulpius (born Jan. 23, 1762, Weimar, Saxe-Weimar [Germany]—died June 26, 1827, Weimar) was a German writer of popular historical novels and brother of Christiane Vulpius, Goethe’s wife. Educated at Jena and Erlangen, Vulpius became secretary to the baron of Soden at Nürnburg (1788). He returned to Weimar (1790) and began his writing career by translating Italian and French tales of chivalry into German, later publishing some unremarkable accounts of medieval German literature. Vulpius...