Title: The sea beggar's son
First published: 1974
Description: Relates in verse the exploits of the Dutch hero, Piet Heyn, whose capture of Spanish ships carrying valuable cargo was instrumental in Holland's overthrow of Spanish rule in the seventeenth century.
Subjects: Fiction, Juvenile poetry, Stories in rhyme, Admirals, History, Children's fiction, Netherlands, fiction
Places: Netherlands
People: Piet Heyn (1578-1629)
Time periods: Wars of Independence, 1556-1648