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Regarded by Simon Schama as Geyl's best work By the author of History of the Dutch-Speaking Peoples - arguably the most famous book of its kind

About the Author

Pieter Geyl was born at Dordrecht in 1887 and educated at the University of Leyden, was the greatest Dutch historian of his time. He was the first occupant of the Chair of Dutch history at the University of London. Pieter Geyl died in 1966.