On Germany

ISBN-13: 9781787382213 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 328 str.

Giles MacDonogh

Opis

A rich and refreshing exploration of Germany, Germans and Germanness.

A refreshing portrait of Europe's dominant country and its startingly heterogeneous people. Charts the story of Germany's rebirth including milestones such as the West German NATO accession, founding membership of the EU and the excitement as the Berlin Wall fell. The fruit of thirty years' close study, it is rich with observations on various aspects of German culture throughout history.

Recenzje

'Culture and the texture of everyday experience, rather than the grand sweep of politics, are what MacDonogh relishes, and his account shines with his enthusiasm for his subject. This is the book of a well-informed flâneur sniffing the air . . . the attitudes and quirks that make Germany so distinctive are nicely brought to life.'

O autorze

Giles MacDonogh is an acclaimed historian and sometime food, wine and travel writer. This is his fifteenth book and his eighth on Germany. Previous works include biographies of Frederick the Great and the last Kaiser, histories of Berlin and Prussia, and a bestselling book on the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. He lives in London.