The Unicorn has long been a subject of European legends and folk-tales and it also appears in Christian art, sometimes as a symbol of the Incarnation.

In this story, a version of this gentle creature inspires an old man, who has spent his life making bronze sculptures, to create his masterpiece when he thought himself too old to make anything new.

It is a story in which author and artists have co-operated perfectly to create anew a small town in Germany in the Middle Ages, its people and the superstitions that played such a large part in their lives.

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