Though H. Rider Haggard is today best remembered as one of the foremost figures in the action-adventure genre, he also produced several top-notch works of historical fiction in his time. Lysbeth unfolds in sixteenth-century Holland, where the...
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Though H. Rider Haggard is today best remembered as one of the foremost figures in the action-adventure genre, he also produced several top-notch works of historical fiction in his time. Lysbeth unfolds in sixteenth-century Holland, where the Protestants in the region were subjected to brutal oppression and persecution at the hands of the Spanish. For an exhaustively researched account of this little-discussed period that will make you feel as if you'd lived through it yourself
LYSBETH; Contents; Author's Note; BOOK THE FIRST - THE SOWING; Chapter I - The Wolf and the Badger; Chapter II - She Who Buys-Pays; Chapter III - Montalvo Wins a Trick; Chapter IV - Three Wakings; Chapter V - The Dream of Dirk; Chapter VI - The Betrothal of Lysbeth; Chapter VII - Hendrik Brant Has a Visitor; Chapter VIII - The Mare's Stable; BOOK THE SECOND - THE RIPENING; Chapter IX - Adrian, Foy, and Martin the Red; Chapter X - Adrian Goes Out Hawking; Chapter XI - Adrian Rescues Beauty in Distress; Chapter XII - The Summons; Chapter XIII - Mother's Gifts Are Good Gifts
Chapter XIV - Sword Silence Receives the SecretChapter XV - Senor Ramiro; Chapter XVI - The Master; Chapter XVII - Betrothed; Chapter XVIII - Foy Sees a Vision; Chapter XIX - The Fray in the Shot Tower; Chapter XX - In the Gevangenhuis; Chapter XXI - How Martin Turned Coward; Chapter XXII - A Meeting and a Parting; BOOK THE THIRD - THE HARVESTING; Chapter XXIII - Father and Son; Chapter XXIV - Martha Preaches a Sermon and Tells a Secret; Chapter XXV - The Red Mill; Chapter XXVI - The Bridegroom and the Bride; Chapter XXVII - What Elsa Saw in the Moonlight; Chapter XXVIII - Atonement
Chapter XXIX - Adrian Comes Home AgainChapter XXX - Two Scenes;
