Orange Sky, Rising Water
The Remarkable Past and Uncertain Future of the Netherlands
$27.64
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
31 December 2025
Summary
From climate change to far-right politics, a captivating look at the Netherlands’ modern challenges and an homage to the timeless ingenuity of the Dutch.
From deeply unpromising marshy beginnings, the Netherlands grew into a naval, imperial, artistic, cultural, economic, scientific, agricultural and footballing superpower. How did it get there?
Journalist Nicholas Walton paints a vivid portrait of one of the world’s most remarkable places. Drawing on interview…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781805264156 |
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| ISBN-10: | 180526415X |
| Author: | Nicholas Walton |
| Publisher: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Imprint: | C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 31 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 492g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 223mm x 151mm |
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Critics Review
‘A fond, funny and sometimes critical account of this remarkable country that has defied nature for centuries—and will have to keep defying it as the waters rise. Walton is a wonderful guide to the Netherlands’ hidden oddities, and perhaps even to the country’s soul.’
– Simon Kuper, author of Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK‘The Netherlands is a wonderful, important and still underrated country. Nicholas Walton’s Orange Sky, Rising Water is the best introduction to the country I have found.’
– Tyler Cowen, author of The Complacent Class and Average Is Over‘In muddy Holland, where the Dutch struggle to survive climate change and the bluntness of their fellow citizens, Walton found natural beauty, plenty of history—and some disturbing traits of these funny-talking people. Food for thought, wrapped in English wit.’
– Pauline Terreehorst, de Volkskrant columnist, and author of Secrets of a Suitcase: The Countess, the Nazis, and Middle Europe’s Lost NobilityAbout The Author
Nicholas Walton
Nicholas Walton is a journalist and hiker based in Genoa. He has worked as a BBC correspondent in Sarajevo, Warsaw and Moscow, and for think tanks including the European Council on Foreign Relations and the World Resources Institute. His previous books with Hurst are Singapore, Singapura and Genoa, ‘La Superba’.
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