Amsterdam

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<p>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.</p><p>In this fascinating examination of the city's soul, part history, part travel guide, Geert Mak imaginatively recreates the lives of the early Amsterdammers, and traces Amsterdam's progress from waterlogged settlement to a major financial centre and thriving modern metropolis</p>

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<p>Geert Mak is a jounalist and historian, and one of Holland's bestselling writers; he is author of the prize-winning<i>In Europe</i>and<i>An Island in Time</i>.</p><p>Philip Blom was born in Hamburg in 1970 and now works in London as a journalist, novelist and translator.</p>

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