belgium

In August 1914, the German army invaded neutral Belgium, the world's sixth-ranked industrial power and Europe's second-oldest democracy, violating an 1839 treaty that the German chancellor dismissed as a "scrap of paper". The invaders terrorized and shot thousands of civilians, looted and burned scores of towns, and reduced the once major industrial power to a nonentity. Belgium was a forerunner to Nazi Europe but the Allies were afraid to confront Germany. The author suggests that had they done so, Europe's reaction to the rise of Nazi Germany might have taken a different course.

Imagines the lives and intrigues of the men and women involved in the creation of the fifteenth-century "Lady and the Unicorn" tapestries.

A retelling of the "Frog Prince" fairy tale in which a young woman, stranded at her Belgian estate on the Western front of World War I, finds a soldier who has been injured by poison gas at the bottom of her well, and feels compelled to save him from the Germans.

The destinies of two Scottish families, one of shopkeepers and one of wealth and power, become entwined through their involvement in World War I, social causes, and love.

While in Belgium investigating the mystery surrounding an antique cross, Nancy and her friends learn that her entry in a short story contest may somehow be involved.

Provides a brief history of the country and describes its government, religion, industry, education, and traditions.

Nancy, Bess, and George fly to Belgium to investigate when Nancy's submission to a magazine contest involving the solution to the disappearance of a priceless treasure turns up in another contestant's hands.

Explores how Leopold II, King of the Belgians, exploited the people of Africa by founding a colony along the Congo River, where he used the African people as slaves.

Describes the traditions and customs that are part of the celebration of Christmas in Belgium as well as presenting crafts, recipes, and songs.

Bart Moeyaert recounts the adventures and misadventures he had as the youngest of seven brothers growing up in Belgium in the late 1960s and early 1970s.