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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age Audiobook
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Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama recreates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators. He tells us how the Dutch celebrated themselves and how they were slandered by their enemies.
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About Simon Schama
Simon Schama is the author of several award-winning books, including Rough Crossings, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. He has written and presented forty television documentary films for the BBC, PBS, and The History Channel, including the Emmy-winning Power of Art, on subjects that range from John Donne to Tolstoy. He is University Professor of Art History and History at Columbia University in New York.
About Mike Cooper
Mike Cooper is a British voice artist based in the United States. In addition to a wide variety of voice-over work, he has narrated audiobooks including The Divine Spark, The Magician’s Way, and The Last Shaman.