Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, Mother Courage and Her Children is Bertolt Brecht's most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling-'Mother Courage'-an itinerant trader, as she pulls her wagon of wares and her children through the blood and carnage of Europe's religious wars. | Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht, Paperback | Indigo Chapters