Holland's glory
Hollands Glorie is a book by Jan de Hartog . The book was published in 1940 and filmed as a television series in 1976. A German translation of the book was published in 1947 under the title Hollands Glorie. Novel from sea towing. The book was also published in Germany under the title Jan Wandelaar .
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Hollands Glorie, roman van de zeesleepvaart by Jan de Hartog is a novel on the subject of shipping , especially sea towing . The book describes the difficult, dangerous and badly paid life in sea towing. The story takes place at the beginning of the 20th century between 1906 and 1920. The main character is the seaman Jan Wandelaar. Wandelaar began as a sailor , rose to become a helmsman and eventually became an internationally known captain in sea towing. The story describes Jan Wandelaar's way up, on which he suffered numerous setbacks. He is released, loses his house, his wife Nellie dies, he goes to jail and his second wife Reckie is shot on board. Wandelaar is described as a tough but honest sea dog who does not give up despite all setbacks. The common thread of the story is Wandelaar's fight with the shipping company Kwel & Co, which is responsible for most of his setbacks. In the course of history, Wandelaar started its own sea towing company, Wandelaar & Co, initially with one ship, but quickly followed by a second. In this way he becomes a direct competitor of Kwel & Co. Finally, he makes peace with Kwel & Co, he proposes to merge the companies under the condition that the previous head of Kwel resigns from his position.
TV series
In 1976 the book was filmed as a television series. In November 2008 the series was released on DVD (so far only in Dutch).
Holland's glory in World War II
Hollands Glorie was published in 1940, the book has no political content, but its title made it a bestseller in the occupied Netherlands and a symbol against the German occupiers. De Hartog therefore had to go into hiding and fled to England.