He is married to Margaretha of Flanders their son is Jean de Nevers.Īn obsessive aesthete, collector and bibliophile. Brother of Charles the Wise and therefore uncle to Charles VI and Louis d’Orleans.
The younger son of Charles the Wise brother to Charles VI, husband of Valentine Visconti.Īlso known as Philippe the Bold (Phillipe le Hardi). The elder son of Charles V, "Charles the Wise". Wife of the King’s brother, Louis d’Orleans, daughter of Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan.Ĭharles VI, King of France. Listed under the date November 24 1394, are these: Valentine Visconti, Duchess of Orleans. (The Dutch edition has never been out of print since being published in 1949 as Haasse’s first novel.) Miller notes that in 1950 the Times Literary Supplement called it a “monumental” novel, with characters which “take their place as living human beings”.įollowing the Introduction by Miller, the novel begins with the author’s “Cast of Major Characters”. My edition of In a Dark Woods Wandering has a great Introduction by Anita Miller written for the first English translation of this wonderful historical novel.
She was about twenty when she settled in Europe. Born in 1918 in the Dutch East Indies, in her early years she moved repeatedly with her family back and forth between various places in the Netherlands’ colonies in SE Asia, and to the Netherlands itself on occasion. She has been called the “Grand Old Lady” of Dutch literature. Hélène "Hella" Serafia Haasse is far better known in Europe, and particularly in the Netherlands, than she is in the U.S. Note, very happy to see this book has been translated and several of my Goodreads friends have read it in English, so they got to know one of Holland's greatest writers in this outstanding book!Īssassination of Louis I, Duke of Orleans, in 1407 Recommended for history fiction fans (the serious stuff) and Dutch literature. I doubted between four and five stars, but the last part of the book is so wonderful and beautiful, I can't give anything other than five grand stars! So there were some tough parts in this book, hard to get through, I admit, but overall it is such a grand book and the last 200 pages or so kept me fascinated til the very end. Hella Haasse, the grande dame of the Dutch literature, she's a poet as well. And the historic figure of melancholy Charles of Orleans, leader and poet, was so fascinating and sympathetic. I wasn't very familiar with the French history in depth and it is utterly fascinating. read it slowly, take in the scenery, the language, the content. It is indeed a book you need to take your time with I think. But when I returned the story captured me every time again. It is not an easy book and I took some pauzes to read other books. I saw I started this book in May of this year already. In a dark wood wandering.A novel of the Middle Ages.
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