Career
In 1893, the Russian Empire"s censor prohibited publication of historical stories. This led to eventual withdrawal of Bornhöhe from writing. Notably, he didn"t publish any books within the last twenty years of his life.
Vürst Gabriel ehk Pirita kloostri viimased päevad was made into a movie, the first part of Tallinna narrid ja narrikesed was repeatedly published and adapted for television under Soviet occupation, and Bornhöhe"s historical novelles were constantly in lists of mandatory reading in Soviet Estonian schools.