The Rise of the Dutch Republic 3 Volume Set

Volume 1: Preface; Historical introduction; Part I. Philip the Second in the Netherlands. 1555–9: 1. The opening and closing scene; 2. Saint Quentin and Gravelines; 3. Philip's farewell to the Netherlands; Part II. Administration of the Duchess Margaret. 1559–67: 1. Sowing the wind; 2. The taciturn against King, Cardinal, and Elector; 3. The Holy Inquisition; 4. A mortal combat and fatal triumph; 5. The harvest ripening; 6. Compromise and moderation; 7. The first whirlwind. Volume 2: Part II continued: 8. Prudent Philip; 9. Blood shed and spared; 10. The prologue finished; Part III. Alva. 1567–73: 1. The reign of terror and the Council of Blood; 2. Victims and champions; 3. The Governor's triumph and the Infante's doom; 4. The Liberator's first campaign; 5. A tenth penny and a model murder; 6. Long live the beggars; 7. The Liberator conquered by St. Bartholomew; 8. Three thorough massacres; 9. Tyranny's tide begins to ebb; Part IV. Administration of the Grand Commander. 1573–6: 1. Misery of Mook-Heath; 2. The Leyden drama. Volume 3: Part IV continued: 3. Barren diplomacy and submarine laurels; 4. The Hopper policy and the monster mutiny; 5. The Antwerp fury ripens the Ghent concord; Part V. Don John of Austria. 1576–8: 1. Lepanto's hero; 2. The under side of the cards; 3. A lion in the toils; 4. The outlaw's return; 5. The guardian of the Netherland bride and her suitors; Part VI. Alexander of Parma. 1578–84: 1. A nation severed and a republic born; 2. Triumphs of treason; 3. Sterile conferences and teeming intrigues; 4. Declaration of independence; 5. Two elected sovereigns; 6. The French fury and its results; 7. A hero's death; Index.