Start with high-confidence benelux history books, then narrow by subgenre or adjacent topics.
In the City of Bikes
Pete Jordan
The Dutch Republic
Jonathan Israel, Jonathan I. Israel
Amsterdam
Russell Shorto
King Leopold's Ghost
Adam Hochschild
The Embarrassment of Riches
Simon Schama
Remember US
Robert M. Edsel, Bret Witter
On to Victory
Mark Zuehlke
The Burgundians
Bart Van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier
The Invention of Amsterdam
Ben Coates
