Leopold van Zonshoven, newly rich, writes to a friend in 1865 that something wonderful has happened. The something is Francis, nicknamed Major Frank, a young woman who rides, gives orders and scorns the conventions of Hague society. Courting her means first winning her respect, and helping her untangle her family’s troubles.
A lively Dutch novel of an independent woman, by a leading nineteenth-century writer of the Netherlands. Download the free EPUB.