The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age by Simon Schama by Simon Schama, Simon Schama

The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age by Simon Schama

Simon Schama, Simon Schama

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At the apogee of its powers in the seventeenth century, Holland was a tiny island of prosperity in a sea of want. Its homes were well-furnished and fanatically clean; its citizens feasted on 100-course banquets and speculated fortunes on new varie...

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