Pleegzoon

Pleegzoon, written by Jacob van Lennep during the 19th century, is set against the backdrop of the Twelve Years' Truce of the Eighty Years' War. The novel explores the religious conflict between the Remonstrants and Contra-Remonstrants in the Netherlands, while also depicting the internal strife within the House of Nassau between brothers Maurits and Frederik-Hendrik. Central to the narrative is a love story between a noblewoman and her courageous foster brother, which unfolds amidst the political turmoil of the era.