Amsterdam is an “ambivalent city”: Culture and Cannabis, Protestantism and Prostitution… and maybe its origins lie in its rich history. In this historical books segment with Harry Schmitz from Elizabeth’s Bookshops Harry looks at the book “Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City” by Russell Shorto,  “The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age” by Simon Schama and also the work of prodigious history author Barbara Wertheim Tuchman.