Lysbeth (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): A Tale of the Dutch

by H. Rider Haggard

Overview

In Lysbeth (1901), H. Rider Haggard, recounts an inspiring story of love, faith, and hardship. Lysbeth, a young sixteenth-century Dutch woman, is forced to endure the tribulations of the Spanish occupation of her homeland and the terrors of the Inquisition. The momentous events of her life unfold against the turbulent backdrop of the struggle for Dutch independence, led by William the Silent.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411459052
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	09/20/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	570
File size:	488 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925) was a British civil servant and novelist whose tales of mystery, romance, and rip-roaring adventure deeply influenced subsequent generations of writers.  Haggard is most famous as the author of the novel King Solomon’s Mines, whose Allan Quartermain was the inspiration for the character Indian Jones in the Raiders of the Lost Ark movies.