The complete online text of History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1600 by John Lothrop Motley.

John Lothrop Motley (15 April 1814-29 May 1877), historian, was one of the most prominent figures in the mid-nineteenth century "classic age" of historical writing in the United States. He was born into a mercantile family in Dorchester, Massachusetts. H...

The American historian and diplomat John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) is best known for his outstanding history of the Dutch struggle for independence. John Lothrop Motley was born in Dorchester, Mass., on April 15, 1814, to an old New England merchant fam...

John Lothrop Motley, Massachusetts-born historian of early modern Europe from the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain in the mid-sixteenth century until the eve of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), won overwhelming popular acclaim for his first major...

Silent Night: The Remarkable 1914 Christmas Truce By Stanley Weintraub Free Press. 224 pp. $25.00. CHRISTMAS 1914 was the first major holiday to occur during "the War to end all wars." Although fierce open fighting in the preceding five months had...