Amsterdam

<p>A magnet for trade and travelers from all over the world stylish cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty but also of civil wars bloody religious purges and the tragedy of Anne Frank. In this fascinating examination of the city's soul part history part travel guide Geert Mak imaginatively recreates the lives of the early Amsterdammers and traces Amsterdam's progress from waterlogged settlement to a major financial center and thriving modern metropolis</p>