Michael Pye on the Rise and Fall of Antwerp as a "World City"

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Michael Pye on the Rise and Fall of Antwerp as a "World City"

Andrew Keen

Sep 03, 2021

On today's episode of Keen On, Andrew talks with Michael Pye, author of Europe's Babylon: The Rise and Fall of Antwerp's Golden Age, to relive the city's turbulent past at a time when Antwerp transitioned from a state of feudalism to a position of power.

Michael Pye is the author of The Drowning Room, The Pieces from Berlin, and The Edge of the World, all three of which were New York Times Notable Books of the Year. He lives in Amsterdam.

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