“I highly recommend this *excellent* chronological history of the Low Countries by two Aussie immigrants who clearly love their adopted country without letting the fact blind them to its faults.
Packed with both dry and silly humour, the level of research in both primary and secondary sources is nonetheless impressive, while the breadth of the subjects they are willing to tackle, taking in not only the lives of the ordinary people as well as the aristos, but also side forays into beer, chocolate, fish and, very importantly, the horrifying actions of both Dutch individuals and of corporate, municipal and governmental institutions in colonialism and genocide.
Bursting with facts and personality.”
Red Claire via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
07/25/21