TAKING MANHATTAN (PB)

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 arch-rivals, the Dutch, were in the way. But Richard Nicolls, who led the English flotilla bent on destruction, changed his strategy once he began parleying with Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch leader in Manhattan. Bristling with vibrant characters, this book unveils the true founding of New York alongside the story of the brutal dispossession of Native Americans and of the roots of American slavery.