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OnNovember5,1688,WilliamofOrange,ProtestantruleroftheDutchRepublic,landedatTorbayinDevonwithaforceoftwentythousandmen.TheGloriousRevolutionthatfollowedforcedJamesIItoabdicate,andWilliamandhiswife,Mary,werejointlycrownedkingandqueenonApril11,1689.Howwasitthatthisalmostbloodlesscouptookplacewithsuchapparenteaseyetwasnotrecognizedasthefull-bloodedinvasionandconquestitundoubtedlywas?Inthiswide-rangingbook,LisaJardineassemblesnewresearchinpoliticalandsocialhistory,togetherwiththehistoriesofart,music,gardening,andscience,toshowhowDutchtolerance,...