# The Embarrassment of Riches

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- Book: [The Embarrassment of Riches](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-schama/the-embarrassment-of-riches) ([The Embarrassment of Riches.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-schama/the-embarrassment-of-riches.md))
- Authors: [Simon Schama](https://www.bookquiver.com/simon-schama)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7978-124-0
- Pages: 720
- Published: 1997-12-08
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by...