biography
pronunciation:
[van lenep]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1802–68)
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| biography:
| Novelist and poet, born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He studied law and became a solicitor for the Treasury, and served as MP for the Dutch Conservative Party (1853–8). Popular and well-regarded, his historical novels were inspired by Byron and Walter Scott and usually have intriguing and complicated plots. |
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