In 1775, when Goethe was twenty-six, and before he went to Weimar, he began to write "Egmont" After working on it at intervals for twelve years, he finished it at Rome in 1787. The scene of the drama is laid in the Low Countries at the beginning of the revolt against Spain. In the fifteenth century Philip of Burgundy had usurped dominion over several of the provinces of the Netherlands, and through him they had passed into the power of his descendant, the Emperor Charles V.
- ISBN10 1105693414
- ISBN13 9781105693410
- Publish Date 23 April 2012 (first published 31 August 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Lulu.com
- Format eBook
- Language English