CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| [PART I] | ||
| I. | THE IDEALS OF M. DE WITT | [3] |
| II. | THE INTRIGUERS | [15] |
| III. | MASTER AND PUPIL | [25] |
| IV. | M. DE WITT’S SECRETARY | [41] |
| V. | THE CHALLENGE | [55] |
| VI. | MIDDELBURG | [66] |
| VII. | THE MANIFESTO | [79] |
| VIII. | M. DE WITT AND HIS HIGHNESS | [89] |
| IX. | AMALIA OF SOLMS | [103] |
| X. | AT THE HOUSE OF M. LE MARQUIS DE POMPONNE | [112] |
| XI. | THE BALL IN THE BINNENHOF | [122] |
| XII. | THE SPY OF FRANCE | [135] |
| [PART II] | ||
| I. | THE RETURN OF FLORENT VAN MANDER | [153] |
| II. | AGNETA DE WITT | [169] |
| III. | SCHEVENINGEN | [183] |
| IV. | THE DEFEAT OF M. DE WITT | [203] |
| V. | THE DECLARATION OF WAR | [216] |
| VI. | THE CONSPIRATORS | [230] |
| VII. | THE POLICY OF M. DE WITT | [247] |
| VIII. | SOLEBAY | [259] |
| IX. | THE EMBASSY OF M. DE GROOT | [283] |
| X. | THE VICOMTE DE MONTBAS | [298] |
| XI. | IN TIME OF WAR | [313] |
| XII. | AFTER THE DEFEAT | [330] |
| XIII. | THE FANATICS | [347] |
| [PART III] | ||
| I. | THE CAMP OF THE CONQUEROR | [361] |
| II. | THE TEMPTERS | [375] |
| III. | THE ANSWER | [389] |
| IV. | THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE | [404] |
| V. | CORNELIUS DE WITT | [417] |
| VI. | THE RESTORATION | [429] |
| VII. | “I WILL MAINTAIN” | [439] |
| VIII. | THE STADTHOLDER | [455] |
| IX. | IN THE ASSEMBLY | [466] |
| X. | THE VICTOR VANQUISHED | [474] |
| XI. | THE FALLEN STATESMAN | [482] |
| XII. | AUGUST 20, 1672 | [499] |
| XIII. | WILLIAM OF ORANGE | [526] |
PART I
JOHN DE WITT, REPUBLICAN
“A man of unwearied industry, inflexible constancy, sound, clear, and deep understanding and untainted integrity; so that whenever he was blinded, it was by the passion that he had for that which he esteemed the good and interest of the State.”—Sir William Temple, Observations on the United Provinces, 1672.