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Book Review of The Sea Beggars

The Sea Beggars
The Sea Beggars
Author: Cecelia Holland
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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This book really draws you in. I had never really heard of the revolt of the Netherlands before encountering it, so even though it's a novel I feel like I learned a lot.
I do feel the need to add a "trigger warning" because there is a rather vivid--though I wouldn't say graphic--description of rape, including the rapist's rationalizations and the aftermath. (There is also a great deal of violence and death, but that is to be expected given the subject matter.)