Bouko De Groot: Nieuwpoort 1600 [2019] paperback Condition:New this is Putnam's most ambitious

this is Putnam's most ambitious work yet

The Iliad recounts the war between the Trojans and Achaeans and the personal and tragic struggle of the fiery-tempered Achilles

'What right has such a successful entertainer to write a novel as good as this

Yet the truth is that more sailors were killed serving on gunboats and monitors operating far from the naval epicentre of the war than were ever killed at Jutland

Bouko De Groot: Nieuwpoort 1600 [2019] paperback Condition:New this is Putnam's most ambitiousThe Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spain's failed invasion of 1599 and the mutinies that followed convinced Dutch leaders that they now should go on the offensive. This campaign pitted two famous leaders' sons against each other: Maurice of Nassau and Archduke Albert VII. One led an unproven