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International praise for SIMON SCHAMA'S The Embarrassment of Riches "This is history on the grand scale... An ambitious portrait [of] one of the most remarkable episodes in modern history... Like all generously conceived historical works it leaves us reflecting about the present as well as the past." -john gross, The New York Times "Monumental... A highly informative and beautifully presented interpretation of a unique culture... A major contribution to the understanding of Dutch history as well as of Western Civilization." -johan pieter snapper, Los Angeles Times "In his massive and scintillating book, Schama approaches his task with high intelligence and a degree of panache that will sweep all but the most refractory readers along in his wake." -j. h. elliott, The New Republic "It is full of personal impressions of the Dutch in their golden age that might almost suggest that Schama had just returned from a visit to the seventeenth century. Few living historians are such a delight... Tovább

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International praise for SIMON SCHAMA'S The Embarrassment of Riches "This is history on the grand scale... An ambitious portrait [of] one of the most remarkable episodes in modern history... Like all generously conceived historical works it leaves us reflecting about the present as well as the past." -john gross, The New York Times "Monumental... A highly informative and beautifully presented interpretation of a unique culture... A major contribution to the understanding of Dutch history as well as of Western Civilization." -johan pieter snapper, Los Angeles Times "In his massive and scintillating book, Schama approaches his task with high intelligence and a degree of panache that will sweep all but the most refractory readers along in his wake." -j. h. elliott, The New Republic "It is full of personal impressions of the Dutch in their golden age that might almost suggest that Schama had just returned from a visit to the seventeenth century. Few living historians are such a delight to read." -peter bürke, The London Review of Books "A great historical banquet. Here are a people, a history and a culture of which we need to know more, spread before us... by a master of the subject." - barbara tuchman "Simon Schama's brilliant book.. .[is] the finest tribute he could have paid to the subject of his choice." -anita brookner, The London Observer Vissza