Author: SCHAMA, SIMON Title: The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
Description: London, Fontana Press. 1991. (ISBN: 0006861369) Soft Cover, 9.25 x 6.5 inches. No marks or inscriptions. Creasing to some corners of the covers, no creasing to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 698pp. An investigation of the astonishing case of a people's self-invention, how, in the 17th century, a modest assortment of farming, fishing and shipping communities, without shared language, religion or government, transformed themselves into a formidable world empire - the Dutch Republic. Well illustrated. Very Good (+).
Keywords: Netherlands, Holland, History, 17th Century Social History 0006861369
Price: GBP 9.50 = appr. US$ 13.57 Seller: Godley Books
- Book number: 028003
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