Europe's Babylon: The Rise and Fall of Antwerp's Golden Age

by Michael Pye

Book Overview

A revelatory history of Antwerp--from its rise to a world city to its fall in the Spanish Fury--by the New York Times Notable author of The Edge of the World.

As Europe emerged from decades of religious warfare, the Age of Exploration began to flower in the middle of the 16th century. It was then that Antwerp grew from a modest port town into a city where the trade of the whole world would converge. As the city entered...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1643137778
• ISBN13: 9781643137773
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Pegasus Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.1"