In the MirrorFollowing the downfall of his political career in Holland, his imprisonment at Loevestein Castle, and his spectacular escape Hugo Grotius spends ten years in exile in Paris. Then, he dares to return. It proves to be a costly miscalculation. He is forced to flee once again, this time to Hamburg. There, the rising Great Power Sweden offers him the position of ambassador in Paris. Thus, Grotius returns to the heart of diplomacy. Another ten years later,