De Ruyter nominated for prize

De Ruyter: Dutch Admiral has been nominated for the Boerhaave Biography Prize, an award given out by the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KHMW). This prize is brand new in 2012 and De Ruyter will be competing against 19 other outstanding Dutch biographies for the award. For more information and a complete list of the nominees, you can go here (page in Dutch).

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