Overview :Russell Shorto's work has been praised as "first-rate intellectual history" (Wall Street Journal), "literary alchemy" (Chicago Tribune) and ... Read More
Overview :Best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never thought to write about his own past. He grew ... Read More
Overview :An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the ... Read More
Overview :In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of Y... Read More
Overview :Sixteen years after Ren Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosoph... Read More