Going Dutch
Posted in books, britain, eighteenth century, england, holland, review, tagged early modern, history, seventeenth century, book, review, dutch, going dutch, holland, lisa jardine on 7 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
There was a devastating review by Peter Conrad of Lisa Jardine’s new book on the influence of Holland on early modern English culture in the Observer this weekend . Noel Malcolm in the Telegraph had a slightly softer critique.
However, others seem to have liked Going Dutch better. Peter Ackroyd in the Times and Keith Thomas [...]