Amsterdam: The Brief Life of a City

Informationen zum Autor 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. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Mak Geert, Geert Mak
• Assisted by: Philip Blom (Translation), Philipp Blom (Translation)
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.01.2001
• EAN: 9781860467899
• ISBN: 978-1-86046-789-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales; TRAVEL / Essays & Travelogues, Travel writing, Netherlands