1871-1950. German novelist, who fled to the
USA in 1937 with his brother Thomas Mann. His
books include Im Schlaraffenland/In the Land
of Cockaigne 1901; Professor Unrat/The Blue
Angel 1904, depicting the sensual downfall of
a schoolmaster; a scathing trilogy dealing
with the Kaiser's Germany Das Kaiserreich/The
Empire 1918-25; and two volumes on the career
of Henry IV of France 1935-38.