Aernout Drost

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Britannica’s Book Bingo

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

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Periods of American Literature

9 American Countercultural Books

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The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church

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7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,

Which Religion Is the Oldest?

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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

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Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

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Born	March 15, 1810 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died	November 5, 1834 (aged 24) • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works	“De pestilentie te Katwijk” • “Hermingard van de Eikenterpen”
Movement / Style	Romanticism

Van Lennep, detail of an oil painting by Johan Georg Schwartze; in a private collection

Jacob van Lennep

Dutch writer

Hendrik Conscience

Belgian novelist

Victor Hugo

French writer

Aleksandr Pushkin

Russian author

Vigny, lithograph by Antoine Maurin, 1832

Alfred-Victor, count de Vigny

French author

Sir Walter Scott

Scottish writer

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian author

Alexandre Herculano

Portuguese historian

Alexandre Dumas, père

French author [1802–1870]

Viktor Rydberg

Swedish author

Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Danish author

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Lodewijk van Deyssel

Dutch author

Israël Querido

Dutch author

Nicolaas Beets

Dutch author

James Blish

American author and critic

Cyriel Buysse

Belgian writer

Stijn Streuvels

Flemish writer

John P. Kennedy

American author and statesman

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