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- "This is Germany as you've never known it: a bold thesis; an authoritative sweep and an exhilarating read. Agree or disagree, this is a must for anyone interested in how Germany has come to be the way it is today."
—Professor Karen Leeder, University of Oxford - "Certainly the most comprehensive and vivid history anyone could expect to find at that length… I don't know of a better short history of this great country." —Philip Pullman
- "His demolition job is performed with wit and finesse, and his book is full of enlightening surprises … [Hawes] is an admirable guide, leading us through this tangled intellectual copse."
—The Times - "Amusing and intelligent throughout…The tone of the narrative is pitch-perfect"
—Observer
James Hawes
As an infant, James Hawes was often pushed in his pram by the sister of the great German historian and newspaper-editor, Joachim C. Fest; he read German at Oxford, then did a PhD in German at UCL, where his mother had also read German. He is married to a Prussian aristocrat whose family lands were so far east they are now, unfortunately, in Russia. He has published a biography of Kafka (“Absolutely brilliant and utterly infuriating” – Guardian) and “Englanders & Huns”, the real story of the fatal Anglo-German antagonism (“full of enlightening surprises” – The Times). In May-August 2015 the Bonn City Museum hosted a major exhibition based on his rediscovery of the tale of how Queen Victoria’s cook was slain by Bismarck’s future son-in-law designate in Bonn in 1865.
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ISBN13/Barcode | 9781910400739 |
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ISBN10 | 1910400734 |
Author | HAWES, James |
Binding | Paperback |
Date Published | 24 Mar 2018 |
Frequency | No |
Report Date | N/A |
Pages | 226 |
Publisher | Old Street Publishing |