Egmont (Act I, Scene I), by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Harvard Classics

Spain sent the Duke of Alva to subdue the Netherlands. In quelling disorder he killed the people's hero, Count Egmont. From this story Goethe made a famous play. (Volume 19, Harvard Classics)

Egmont sentenced to death June 4, 1658.

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