Taking Manhattan by Russell Shorto

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/27269 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Taking Manhattan Author: Russell Shorto Narrator: Russell Shorto Format: mp3 Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins Release date: 03-04-25 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 23 ratings Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their archrivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, the military officer who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he encountered Peter Stuyvesant, New Netherland’s canny director general.