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John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland, 1625-1672
By (Author) Herbert Harvey Rowen
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
28th June 2016
United States
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Social and cultural history
European history
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought
949.204092
Hardback
964
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
1503g
Known to his contemporaries for his sharpness of mind, strength of purpose, fortitude, and good humor, John de Witt was a brilliant leader whose career ended in a death of horror rarely paralleled in history. Herbert Rowen's biography embraces all aspects of De Witt's political, intellectual, and personal life, including his role as a mathematician