 Silent, the author 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.  Lysbeth: A Tale of the Dutch - Page 1by Henry Rider Haggard - 1901 - 496 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American literature - 1901 - 694 pages
..."Elissa," etc. The scene of the novel is chiefly in the city of Leyden; the time, 1544. It is a story of the trials, adventures and victories of a burgher...family of the generation of Philip II and William the ilent, and in it the author strives to set before readers of to-day something of the life of those... | |
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