By Pike and Dyke A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic

In this story Mr. Henty traces the adventures and brave deeds of an English boy in the household of the ablest man of his age- William the Silent. Edward Martin, the son of an English sea-captain, enters the service of the Prince as a volunteer, and is employed by him in many dangerous and responsible missions, in the discharge of which he passes through the great sieges of the time.