02081nam a22002057a 4500 251120b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781804543887 tbs eng dut PT5838.H45 W613 1989 Haasse, Hella S. 1918-2011 26553 author Het woud der verwachting. English. In a dark wood wandering / Hella S. Haasse ; introduction by Bart Van Loo. Dublin : Head of Zeus 2025. xii, 581 pages : illustrations, genealogical tables, maps ; 20 cm. During the late Middle Ages, conflict raged between France and England as they battled in pursuit of power, the throne and beyond. It became known as the Hundred Years' War. Hella S. Haasse's epic masterpiece brings this period to vivid life, as the novel's infamous characters move across a panoramic tapestry woven together by criss-crossed bloodlines and intense rivalries. There is the mad King Charles VI and his heartless Bavarian wife Isabeau; the King's dashing brother Louis, Duke of Orléans and his sensitive Italian Duchess, Valentine. Their son, Charles, inherits a ferocious feud with the powerful and scheming Duke of Burgundy. Meanwhile, their bastard son becomes the right arm of Joan of Arc. Charles of Orléans is the central character of this astonishing novel, a man caught up in deadly dynastic rivalries who survives because he is captured by the English at the Battle of Agincourt and made their prisoner for the next 25 years. In that time he perfects his craft as a writer and becomes one of the great French poets of the era. In a narrative that spans decades, we also bear witness to the reign of three English Kings: Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V, the brilliant leader of the English army, who changes the face of war at Agincourt. First published in the Netherlands in 1949 and never out of print, In a Dark Wood Wandering is a timeless classic. Charles, d'Orléans 1394-1465 26554 Middle Ages Fiction 26555 lcc 0 0 lcc 0 0 TBS TBS 2025-11-20 0 P-EN HAA B05621 2025-11-20 1 2025-11-20 1 5192 5192