When I was searching for good books to recommend for further reading it’s quite clear how little has been published on Germany – if Simon Winder was writing about France or Italy I would have been spoilt for choice. So, a welcome guide to a country with which we have somewhat of a troubled relationship. Without mentioning the war – very much, he guides us round a country that has long fascinated him, his enthusiasm quickly rubs off, and one longs to follow in his footsteps. He has a particular delight in quirky museums of which Germany has a fair few, the more outré historical facts and some of Germany’s less than haute cuisine. But Simon Winder is most successful at blending humour and quirky travel anecdotes with serious history, an ideal way to find out about Germany past and present.
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Planet Germany, Cathy Dobson
Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall, Anna Funder
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'It made me laugh so hard that I woke up my wife and had to give up reading the book in bed. If Bill Bryson had collaborated with W. G. Sebald to write a book about Germany, they might have wound up with something like this' Sunday Times Germania is a very personal guide to the Germany that Simon Winder loves. Equally passionate about the region's history, folklore, cuisine, architecture and landscape, Winder describes Germany's past afresh - and in doing so sees a country much like our own: Protestant, aggressive and committed to eating some very strange food.
Germania : A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern features in the following genres: History, Non-Fiction Books of the Month, Travel, eBooks of the Month, History and Archaeology, Recommendations, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure
Germania : A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern is available in Paperback
Germania : A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern was written by Simon Winder and published by Picador an imprint of Pan Macmillan
