In 'History of the United Netherlands, 1586d,' John Lothrop Motley meticulously chronicles the intricate tapestry of rebellion, espionage, and political maneuvering that underpinned the Eighty Years' War and culminated in the establishment of the modern Netherlands. With a prose style steeped in the richness of 19th-century historiography, Motley's painstakingly detailed work stands as a monumenta...