Illustrierte Klassiker #211

Illustrierte Klassiker brings its long-running tradition of adapting world literature classics to issue #211, presenting "Das scharlachrote Siegel" — a tale whose cover immediately sets an atmosphere of aristocratic intrigue and mortal danger. A brooding nobleman in a red coat holds a wine glass with quiet menace while a distressed young woman in pink looks on, and looming ominously in the misty background stands a guillotine surrounded by shadowy figures. It's a gripping 2013 entry in the series that promises all the tension and drama of an era when fortunes and lives could be lost in an instant.