AstraeaJonathan Cape, 2001 - 307 من الصفحات Set in the Netherlands in the 1640s, this novel tells of the relationship between Elizabeth of Bohemia and Pelagius. They fall in love, marry clandestinely and, secretly, Elizabeth gives birth to a baby boy, seen as a hope for the new age. |
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