Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholmin 1650, a pious French ambassador...

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Russell Shorto meticulously investigates Christian history and the Bible’s New Testament to...

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Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousi...

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In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Du...

Best-selling author Russell Shorto, praised for his incisive works of narrative history, never th...

This new edition and original translation of a tract by Dutch settler and lawyer van der Donck ma...

From the New York Times–bestselling author: “Each chapter . . . offers a wi...

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