Lysbeth, a Tale of the Dutch
1901
In 16th-century Leyden, winter carnival music fills the air as young Lysbeth van Hout skates across frozen canals, unaware that the Spanish Inquisition is tightening its grip on her homeland. When she encounters the mysterious Martha the Mare a warnings about impending tyranny Lysbeth finds herself drawn into a deadly game of politics and passion. Her heart belongs to the earnest but naïve Dirk van Goorl, a copper merchant whose pure intentions cannot match the scheming of the Spanish captain Don Juan de Montalvo. To save the man she loves, Lysbeth makes a harrowing choice: she surrenders herself to the enemy. But the story does not end there. From the shadows of Leiden to the chaos of rebellion, Haggard weaves a tale where love becomes weapon and resistance takes many forms, and where a woman must navigate between duty, desire, and survival.
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“Then he prayed for themselves and all who were dear to them, and lastly, that light might be swiftly granted to Dirk in his present difficulty. No, not quite lastly, for he ended with a petition that their enemies might be forgiven, yes, even those who tortured them and burnt them at the stake, since they knew not what they did””
— H. Rider Haggard
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