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The Dream of Europe (Heruitgave)
travels in the Twenty-First Century
2022 || Paperback || Geert Mak || Vintage UK
'Mak is the history teacher everyone should have had' Financial Times
How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?
From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.
The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a united Europe striving towards a common goal. The EU was to set an ex...
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The lives of Jan Six
A Portrait of an Amsterdam Dynasty
Paperback || Geert Mak || Atlas Contact || met inkijkexemplaar
Geert Mak’s latest book, The many lives of Jan Six, has all the outstanding qualities of his other books: erudite, meticulously researched, but above all beautifully written. Mak
is a great story-teller and a tireless student of salient facts; this priceless combination has resulted in a literary gem.’ Ian Buruma – editor of The New York Review of Books
In 1654 the first Jan Six had his portrait painted by his friend Rembrandt van Rijn. It is considered the most beautiful portrait Rembr...