Author Description

Constantijn Huygens Was A Poet, Composer And Connoisseur Of Art And The Classics. He Was Also Secretary And Confidant To Three Princes Of Orange For 62 Years. Hofwijck Was Also The Place Where Constantijn's Son Christiaan Spent A Significant Part Of His Life. Christiaan Huygens Was A Member Of The Royal Society Of London For The Improvement Of Natural Knowledge And Became One Of The Greatest Inventors And Scientists. At The End Of His Life, At Hofwijck, He Wrote 'cosmotheoros', His Magnum Opus On The Universe. At Huygens's Hofwijck We Look At The Seventeenth Century Through The Eyes Of These Two Versatile Men. With Constantijn And Christiaan, The Story Is About Literature, Art, Music, Politics, The House Of Orange, Science And Life At A Seventeenth-century Country Estate. Constantijn Huygens In The Hague: A Courtier In The Capital, 1596-1687 -- Constantijn Huygens And Hofwijck: A Courtier As A Landscape Architect, 1639-1687 -- Christiaan Huygens: An Inventive Scientist At Hofwijck, 1687-1695 -- Hofwijck's Heirs: Care And Neglect, 1695-1750 -- Hofwijck In Alien Hands: Division And Impending Demolition, 1750-1913 -- Hofwijck In Safe Hands: A Narrow Escape, 1913-1914 -- The Restoration Of House And Garden From 1914 Onwards: A Long Way Up, 1914-2000 -- The Restored Garden Around 2005: A Successful Reconstruction, 2000-2016. Kees Van Der Leer En Henk Boers; [translation Into English Jane E. Choy-thurlow]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Translated From The Dutch.