The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere

"The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere" by Charles De Coster is a French-language novel published in 1867. This sweeping tale transforms the medieval German trickster Till Eulenspiegel into a Flemish folk hero fighting Spanish oppression during the Dutch Revolt. After witnessing his father burned at the stake for heresy, the prankster Tyl evolves from idle jokester into a cunning spy and rebel agent, carrying his father's ashes while serving William the Silent's resistance movement.

The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere, by Charles de Coster. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #37599.