Miss Bowen's historical novels have won her a distinguished place among modern writers, and her latest book shows no sign of waning powers.

The first of two novels dealing with William of Orange and Philip of Spain and the tragic struggle in the Netherlands which led to the establishment of the Dutch Republic.

William the Silent, father of the Netherlands, believed that “The mind and soul are not in the keeping of king nor priest—no man has a lordship over another man’s conscience.

All history has proved that.” Through the eyes of a Renee, a waiting-woman, Marjorie Bowen paints the heroic life of William the Silent, Prince of Orange against the backdrop of splendo..............