Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousi...
A new edition of Shorto's history of Dutch Manhattan, New York (formerly New Amsterdam). Reissued...
An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by...
When the British wrested New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1664, the truth about its thriving, poly...
Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousi...
Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed...
Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed...
An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by...
In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Du...
One of Newsweek's Most Highly Anticipated New Books of 2021Family secrets emerge as a best-selli...
?An engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft.? ?Chicago Tribune
Best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never th...