History of Holland by George EDMUNDSON (1848 - 1930) <br />Genre(s): *Non-fiction, History <br /> <br />Read by: Esther, Marian Brown, Kirsten Ferreri, Riccardo Fasol, Gesine, Marloes Schoonheim, Cori Samuel, hefyd, Jim Mowatt, Sibella Denton, Fracture, Ezwa, Menno in English <br /> <br />Chapters: <br />00:00:00 - 00 - General Preface, Prologue <br />00:06:45 - 01 - The Burgundian Netherlands <br />00:34:55 - 02 - Habsburg Rule in the Netherlands <br />01:13:34 - 03 - The Prelude to the Revolt <br />02:02:09 - 04 - The Revolt of the Netherlands <br />03:09:27 - 05 - William the Silent <br />03:46:30 - 06 - The Beginnings of the Dutch Republic <br />04:54:52 - 07 - The System of Government <br />05:19:46 - 08 - The Twelve Years' Truce <br />05:41:24 - 09 - Maurice and Oldenbarneveldt <br />06:13:42 - 10 - From the end of the Twelve Years' Truce to the Peace of Munster, 1621-1648. The Stadholderate of Frederick Henry of Orange <br />07:07:59 - 11 - The East and West India Companies. Commercial and Economic Expansion . <br />08:30:52 - 12 - Letters, Science and Art <br />09:20:33 - 13 - The Stadholderate of William II. The Great Assembly <br />09:45:39 - 14 - Rise of John de Witt. The First English War <br /> <br />The title, 'History of Holland,' given to this volume is fully justified by the predominant part which the great maritime province of Holland took in the War of Independence and throughout the whole of the subsequent history of the Dutch state and people.(Summary from book prologue) <br /> <br />More information: <a href="http://librivox.org/history-of-holland/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://librivox.org/history-of-holland/</a>