Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch

by H. Rider Haggard

Overview

The author writes, "By an example of the trials, adventures, and victories of a burgher family of the generation of Philip II and William the Silent, he strives to set before readers of to-day something of the life of those who lived through perhaps the most fearful tyranny that the western world has known. How did they live, one wonders; how is it that they did not die of very terror, those of them who escaped the scaffold, the famine and the pestilence?" This publication from Boomer Books is specially designed and typeset for comfortable reading.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781434116727
Publisher:	Boomer Books
Publication date:	07/30/2008
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was an English author of adventure novels set in exotic locales, predominantly Africa. King Solomon’s Mines, one of his best-known books, details the life of the explorer Allan Quartermain. She: A History of Adventure followed, introducing the character Ayesha. While much of Haggard’s reputation stems from those two books and their subsequent series, he also wrote nonfiction and short stories.