19 February
Koen Kleijn interviews Herman Pleij on Pompejus Occo and sick Amsterdam. Young banker Pompejus Occo arrives in Amsterdam in 1510. Through the Amsterdam innkeeper Sigbrit Willems, he does excellent business with the Danish king Christiaan II, who adores Sigbrit's daughter. Herman Pleij's book is a compelling portrait of a developing city and of this Occo.
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