Output details
29 - English Language and Literature
University College London
Book title
Going Dutch: How England Plundered Holland’s Glory
Type
A - Authored book
DOI
-
Publisher of book
HarperCollins UK
ISBN of book
9780007197347
Year of publication
2009
URL
-
Number of additional authors
0
Additional information
-
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
Yes
Double-weighted statement
Going Dutch (Harper Collins 2008) is the product of 4 years research on Anglo-Dutch cultural relations, 1590-1690. The project began as a study of the milieu and influence of Dutch polymath Sir Constantijn Huygens, and built on the intensive research I had done for my biographies of Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke.
The book was intended as a scholarly irreproachable work directed towards a general readership. In 2009 it received global recognition as such when it was awarded the International Cundill Prize for History. This is given to the best popular history book of the year in English worldwide.
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
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