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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections
such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact,
or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe... Read Full Overview

Dumas part, en compagnie de son ami Biard et de son fils, pour la Hollande assister au couronnement du prince d'Orange. En route, il fait le tour des curiosites locales et va admirer une sirene naturalisee au musee de La Haye; le gardien lui conseille de se rentre a Monnikendam... Read Full Overview

He married a mermaid. She followed him to the ends of the earth. Some wives are harder to escape than others.

When Alexandre Dumas travels to Holland in 1849 for a royal coronation, a museum curator tells him an impossible tale: in the village of Monnikendam... Read Full Overview