The Rise of the Dutch Republic : A History (Paperback)

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.