Amsterdam: The Brief Life of a City

Informationen zum Autor Geert Mak is a journalist and historian, and the internationally acclaimed author of In Europe, In America , Amsterdam and The Bridge . He is one of the Netherlands' bestselling authors, has twice been awarded Historian of the Year and his books have been translated into more than 20 languages. Klappentext Geert Mak is a jounalist and historian, and one of Holland's bestselling writers; he is author of the prize-winning In Europe and An Island in Time . Philip Blom was born in Hamburg in 1970 and now works in London as a journalist, novelist and translator. Zusammenfassung A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, and the tragedy of Anne Frank.

Préface
A delightful journey through time and through the streets of one of the greatest cultural capitals in Europe.

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Geert Mak is a jounalist and historian, and one of Holland's bestselling writers; he is author of the prize-winning In Europe and An Island in Time.

Philip Blom was born in Hamburg in 1970 and now works in London as a journalist, novelist and translator.

Résumé
A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, stylish, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, and the tragedy of Anne Frank.