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Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
Embarrassment of Riches An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age Author:Simon Schama In a brilliantly inventive work, bestselling author Simon Schama explores the enigma of 17th-century Holland, a nation that attained an unprecedented level of affluence, yet lived in constant dread of being corrupted by prosperity. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, THE EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES throbs with... more » life on every page. 314 photos & illustrations.« less