Germany : Memories of a Nation (Paperback)

from listohan

Having been to Berlin twice in the last few years, I find myself constantly fascinated by what has been achieved by the country and the city; what would it have been without the devastation of two major wars. Especially when one remembers the country was travelling with the brakes on until the wa...

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An excellent readable introduction to the history, culture and development of Germany, highlighting 30 episodes/artefacts to make an overall narrative that is very much greater than its parts. Some of it is familiar (although MacGregor usually makes you think about it afresh), but much of it is n...

from eglinton

Prague, printing, princes, porcelain rhinos. Capacious and sympathetic cataloguing of our vast and varied, and sometimes overlooked, German culture. As exhibited, a little pokily, in the inner courtyard of the British Museum last winter.

from listohan

Having been to Berlin twice in the last few years, I find myself constantly fascinated by what has been achieved by the country and the city; what would it have been without the devastation of two major wars. Especially when one remembers the country was travelling with the brakes on until the wa...

from

An excellent readable introduction to the history, culture and development of Germany, highlighting 30 episodes/artefacts to make an overall narrative that is very much greater than its parts. Some of it is familiar (although MacGregor usually makes you think about it afresh), but much of it is n...