The Red Countess: Select Autobiographical and Fictional Writing of Hermynia Zur Mühlen (1883-1951)

The narrative follows Hermynia Zur Mühlen, an aristocrat from the Habsburg Empire, who defies societal expectations from a young age. Traveling extensively with her diplomat father, she ultimately rejects traditional female roles. After a tumultuous marriage to a German Junker and a five-year stay in Czarist Russia, she embraces independence and forges a path as a writer, navigating the challenges of a precarious lifestyle while asserting her individuality.