Description This 1816 story is perhaps best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky\'s popular ballet, but Hoffmann\'s holiday legend is where the spell begins.
The vengeful queen casts.
Godpapa Drosselmeier, who once served as the royal court\'s inventor, recounts to Marie a tale of the trickery of Dame Mouserink, the Queen of Mice.
Here is the original tale of seven-year-old Marie and her beloved Nutcracker, beset by a dark mystery that surrounds this story within a story.
Description This 1816 story is perhaps best known as the basis for Tchaikovsky\'s popular ballet, but Hoffmann\'s holiday legend is where the spell begins