Elisabeth, daughter of a count in Germany's beautiful Rhine River Valley, celebrates her 18th birthday on the cusp of a budding romance with a handsome young baron. Her formal entrance into society is brimming with pleasures, but her deep compassion and natural bent toward adventure have a life of their own.Elisabeth's pleasant and untroubled life, enjoyed by generations of her family in Castle K mmerlei, is about to be interrupted. As her friendship...