Death of a Notary

by Donna Merwick

Book Overview

"He was the only one. He was the only man to have committed suicide in the town's seventeenth-century history." So begins Donna Merwick's fascinating tale of a Dutch notary who ended his life in his adopted community of Albany. In a major feat of historical reconstruction, she introduces us to Adriaen Janse van Ilpendam and the long-forgotten world he inhabited in Holland's North American colony. Her powerful narrative will make readers care for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801487889
• ISBN13: 9780801487880
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"