Henry Carter Hull

A woman moves to live with her new husband in seventeenth century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that not everything is what it seems.

A prize of 100,000 guilders awaits the gardener who can produce a black tulip, a rich reward that incites a bitter competition in 17th-century Holland. Cornelius von Baerle, a gifted and passionate florist, has dedicated himself to cultivating the elusive flower. But a ruthless rival, capitalizing on accusations that led to the assassination of Cornelius's godfather, falsely accuses the young horticulturist of treason. Sentenced to life imprisonment,...

A Jewish woman spying for the Dutch Resistance must determine whom to trust after being found out--and then protected--by the German captain she was assigned to seduce and then discovering that one of her Resistance comrades is a traitor.

A photographic introduction to the life and experiences of Anne Frank, who along with her family and others lived in hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex from July 1942 until their capture in August 1944.

The author examines the story behind the brutal murder of Theo van Gogh, a media personality in the Netherlands, by Mohammed Bouyeri, the son of Moroccan immigrants, who accused him of blasphemy against Islam.

In this classic mystery, a Dutch police detective investigates a woman's murder with assistance from the man accused of killing her. A woman, Elsa, is brutally murdered in her Amsterdam apartment. Her ex-lover, Martin, is seen outside the building around the time of the crime. The witness who saw him? A policeman. It looks like a straightforward case-but police inspector Van der Valk is not convinced. Despite all the evidence-and the fact that...

Cornelis Sandvoort, a wealthy merchant in 1630s Amsterdam, and his beautiful young wife Sophia have been unsuccessful in conceiving a child, but things get even more complicated when Sophia and Jan van Loos, the artist Cornelis hires to paint their portrait, begin to desire each other.

Phoebe Brook hadn't planned to take a nursing job in Holland, still less under false pretenses. But when her sister Sybil decided to get married instead of going to work for Dr. Lucius van Someren, Sybil persuaded Phoebe to take her place. h Lucius's son Paul so hostile, and Paul's governess signaling Lucius was her property, Phoebe really didn't need to compound her problems by falling in love -- but she did.

A University Student Smuggles Children Out of Amsterdam Full of intrigue, adventure, and romance, this series celebrates the unsung heroes--the heroines of WWII. Helen Smit believed she was called by God to become a teacher. Little does she know that her care for kids will take a drastic turn for survival when the Germans occupy Amsterdam and Jewish children and parents begin to be deported. Now all she can think of is helping all the kids escape...

An autobiography by the woman who helped hide the Frank family in Amsterdam during World War II.