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So there is no single European people. There is no single all-embracing community of culture and tradition among, say, Warsaw, Amsterdam, Berlin and Belgrade. In fact, there are at least four communities: the Northern Protestant, the Latin Catholic, the Greek Orthodox, and the Muslim Ottoman. There is no single language - there are more than twenty. (...) There are no real European political parties (...). And most significantly of all: unlike the United States, Europe still does not have a common story.

Geert Mak

Geert Mak

Geert Mak

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Born: December 4, 1946 (age 78)

Bio: Geert Ludzer Mak is a Dutch journalist and a non-fiction writer in the field of history. His ten books about Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Europe have earned him great popularity.

Known for:

Amsterdam (1994)
De eeuw van mijn vader (1999)
Jorwerd (1996)
In America: Travels with John Steinbeck (2014)
The bridge (2008)

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