Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué
…published Fouqué's first book, Dramatische Spiele von Pellegrin, in 1804. Fouqué's first marriage was unhappy and soon ended in divorce. His second wife, Caroline Philippine von Briest (1773–1831), enjoyed some reputation as a novelist in her day. After her death Fouqué married a third time. Some consolation for the ebbing tide of…