Epub Jutland

Il 6 marzo 1664 Elsje Christiaens, giovane e bella diciottenne, dolce di carattere e del tutto ignara del corso del mondo, lascia le fredde terre danesi dello Jutland e si imbarca sulla Dorothe, un veliero diretto ad Amsterdam. Il 3 maggio 1664 la ragazza viene giustiziata in piazza Dam mediante strangolamento, e il suo corpo messo in mostra sulla forca di Volewijck per essere divorato dal vento e dagli uccelli nel corso delle stagioni. Il caso di Elsje Christiaens, assassina per un tallero, sarebbe consegnato irrimediabilmente all'oblio del tempo, se un grande pittore non avesse deciso di recarsi a Volewijck, e non avesse immortalato su una pergamena la sfortunata ragazza danese…

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