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I wonder if he will get to finish the Sea Beggars.
Paul Kearney update and cover art Adam Whitehead 2010
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Speaking of Paul Kearney, apparently he is close to finalising a deal for a new series and a reprint of his superb Monarchies of God series in one volume, as well as determining the fate of the final Sea Beggars volume after Bantam declined to carry on with the series.
Archive 2007-07-01 Adam Whitehead 2007
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Speaking of Paul Kearney, apparently he is close to finalising a deal for a new series and a reprint of his superb Monarchies of God series in one volume, as well as determining the fate of the final Sea Beggars volume after Bantam declined to carry on with the series.
Update Adam Whitehead 2007
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The Sea Beggars -- _Zee Geuzen_ or _Gueux der Mer_ -- made their appearance shortly after the outbreak of rebellion.
A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916
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Access to the sea down the Scheldt was closed by the fleets of the Sea Beggars, and the commerce and industry of the first commercial port of western
History of Holland George Edmundson 1889
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Boisot and his Sea Beggars, but I fear that we shall look in vain; his flotilla may reach the Land-Scheiding, but beyond that no mortal power can enable his ships to advance; even should they pierce it, as the
The Lily of Leyden William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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The fleet now sailed up through the canals, the famishing people who lined the quays stretching out their hands to receive the food bestowed on them by the rough Sea Beggars, many of whom dashed aside their tears as they beheld the emaciated forms of the citizens, the corpse-like look of the women and children, and heard their plaintive cries for food.
The Lily of Leyden William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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Some of these, the Sea Beggars, got together a fleet and seized Brill in 1572.
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Some of these, the Sea Beggars, got together a fleet and seized Brill in 1572.
chained_bear commented on the word Sea Beggars
"Only the Dutch were a force to be reckoned with. Having secured their country's independence from Spain, they attacked their former overlords on the high seas throughout much of the seventeenth century. In 1628, they even managed to capture Spain's entire Veracruz fleet, off the coast of Cuba, which was undoubtedly laden with a large amount of cochineal. ...
"Yet even the Sea-Beggars were not able to obtain all the cochineal their countrymen needed. During much of the 1620s and 1630s, the dyestuff was so scarce that only high masters like Rembrandt could afford to use brilliant cochineal lakes in their art. Most painters were forced to make do with cheaper and more somber reds. Nor was cochineal the only substance missing from Dutch palettes; the struggle with Spain, and consequent trading difficulties, had also made indigo, logwood, and other exotic dyestuffs extremely expensive. It may have been for this reason that Dutch artists, once renowned for their rich and vivid flower paintings, now began to paint in monochrome. A gray seascape, a still life of pale cheeses, a banquet painted entirely in brown--their art was devoid of all but the blandest colors."
Amy Butler Greenfield, A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire (New York: Harper Collins, 2005), 122.
October 5, 2017