Patriots and LiberatorsA reissue of Simon Schamas landmark study of the Netherlands from 17801813, this is a tale of a once powerful nations desparate struggle to survive the treacheries and brutality of European war and politics. Between 1780 and 1813 the Dutch Republic a country once rich enough to be called the cash till of Europe and powerful enough to make war with England was stripped of its colonies, invaded by its enemies, driven to the edge of bankruptcy, and,