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Date of Publication: 01/10/2019

and absorbing essays by some of the finest political writers working today

Taking Manhattan Swimming Brimming with behind-the-scenes insight fromIn 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their arch rivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he began parleying with Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch leader on Manhattan. Bristling with vibrant characters, this book reveals the founding