Huch, Ricarda, 1864-1947, German novelist, historian, and poet. She is best known for her historical romances of Garibaldi, Defeat and Victory (1906-7, tr. 1928, 1929), and of the Thirty Years War, Der grosse Krieg in Deutschland (1912-14). Other works include the novels Recollections of Ludolf Ursleu (1893, tr. 1913-15) and The Deruga Trial (1918, tr. 1929), two historical studies on romanticism (1899, 1902), and poems (1891, 1904, 1929, 1944).