Books by Ben Coates

Why the Dutch are Different is the internationally bestselling portrait of a fascinating people and the country that was the setting for Tulip Fever.

Ben Coates, author of Why the Dutch are Different, cycles the Rhine river from mouth to source, discovering the mark it makes on Europe.

The Civil War caused a major economic crisis in London, not only because of the interrelationship between its economy and that of the rest of England, but also because of its function as the hub of the economic networks of the kingdom and of the rest of the world. This text examines the crisis.