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Thea Beckman


Born
in Rotterdam, Netherlands
July 23, 1923

Died
May 05, 2004

Genre
Children's, Historical Fiction, Young Adult


Thea Beckman (1923-2004) was born in Rotterdam. She began writing in 1947, but it was not until her children were grown that she devoted herself to writing full time. Crusade in Jeans was first published in 1973. It became an overnight success, making her one of the most popular authors of juvenile books in the Netherlands. Ms. Beckman is fascinated by history and wrote books about many historical periods.

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Average rating: 4.05 · 49,504 ratings · 1,658 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors
Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
4.07 avg rating — 14,736 ratings — published 1973 — 49 editions
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Kinderen van Moeder Aarde (...
4.29 avg rating — 5,077 ratings — published 1985 — 9 editions
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Hasse Simonsdochter
4.16 avg rating — 4,234 ratings — published 1983 — 7 editions
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Geef me de ruimte! (Trilogi...
4.15 avg rating — 3,947 ratings — published 1976 — 8 editions
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Het Gulden Vlies van Thule ...
4.25 avg rating — 2,849 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions
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Het Helse Paradijs (De Toek...
4.24 avg rating — 2,780 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions
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Triomf van de Verschroeide ...
4.21 avg rating — 2,789 ratings — published 1977 — 6 editions
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Het rad van fortuin (Trilog...
4.19 avg rating — 2,510 ratings — published 1978 — 6 editions
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Stad in de storm
3.75 avg rating — 1,357 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions
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Saartje Tadema
3.93 avg rating — 1,275 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions
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Series by Thea Beckman

Kinderen van Moeder Aarde Het Helse Paradijs Het Gulden Vlies van Thule
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Geef me de ruimte! Triomf van de Verschroeide ... Het rad van fortuin
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4.18 avg rating — 9,246 ratings

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“De twintigste eeuw - Dolf had het herhaaldelijk op de televisie gezien - was niet beter dan de dertiende, zelfs niet beschaafder.”
― Thea Beckman, Kruistocht in spijkerbroek
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“Moeder Aarde in lentekleed; iets mooiers, opwekkenders en heerlijkers on Christian zich niet indenken. Heel diep van binnen voelde hij dat de verering van de Thulenen voor Moeder Aarde wortelde in liefde, maar vooral in de grote vreugde te beseffen dat zij deel uitmaakten van dit bruisende leven, deze jaarlijkse vernieuwing.”
― Thea Beckman, Kinderen van Moeder Aarde
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“En omdat ze vinden dat het leven lang-en-zonnig is, hebben ze nooit veel haast om ergens te komen. Thule is overal mooi, zeggen ze dan.”
― Thea Beckman, Het Helse Paradijs
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Polls

Poll maandboek April 2022 - Eerste boek uit een trilogie

Leerling en Meester van Robin Hobb - 352 pagina's
 
  16 votes, 13.4%

 
  16 votes, 13.4%

 
  12 votes, 10.1%

Het vijfde seizoen van N.K. Jemisin - 399 pagina's
 
  10 votes, 8.4%

Geef me de ruimte! van Thea Beckman - 300 pagina's
 
  9 votes, 7.6%

Zeis van Neal Shusterman - 448 pagina's
 
  8 votes, 6.7%

Val der titanen van Ken Follett - 928 pagina's
 
  8 votes, 6.7%

Het gouden kompas van Philip Pullman - 394 pagina's
 
  7 votes, 5.9%

 
  6 votes, 5.0%

 
  6 votes, 5.0%

Een onberispelijke man van Jane Gardam - 320 pagina's
 
  5 votes, 4.2%

Schaduw van de Vos van Julie Kagawa - 416 pagina's
 
  4 votes, 3.4%

Wolf Hall van Hilary Mantel - 653 pagina's
 
  4 votes, 3.4%

 
  3 votes, 2.5%

Allerzielen van Deborah Harkness - 656 pagina's
 
  2 votes, 1.7%

Rosalinds leugen van Muna Shehadi - 384 pagina's
 
  2 votes, 1.7%

 
  1 vote, 0.8%

119 total votes
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