Wilhelm Tell – Switzerland Rising (Wilhelm Tell Saga)

In 1291, a new chapter begins in the mountains and cities of the Confederates. After the death of King Rudolf, the old order fractures, and out of betrayal, exile, and secret oaths a league is born. Wilhelm Gorkeit, the crossbow maker of Bürglen, bears the burden of the Kyburg treasure and the legacy of his family. In Zürich he encounters Berta Biberli, whose lineage binds him to old memories and whose courage leads him into the council of the city. Between siege and oath, between love and feud, it is decided whether the name Tell will endure, as the legacy of a deed that kindles hope.

In 1289 the tension in the Forest Cantons reached a breaking point. Wilhelm Gorkeit, crossbow maker from Bürglen, refuses to obey the bailiff's hat. Out of defiance and a sense of duty arose a conflict that found its height in Altdorf. The shot at the apple, the leap to shore in the storm and the ambush in the Hohle Gasse of Küssnacht turned him into a hunted man and a symbol of a new freedom. Between the loss of his homeland, flight into exile and his first steps in Zürich unfolds the drama of a man who rose from a farmer's son to a figure of legend, and whose arrow set an entire land in motion.