Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern - Simon Winder • BookLikes (ISBN:0330451391)

Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern

by: Simon Winder (author)

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780330451390 (0330451391)

Publish date: January 1st 2010

Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux

Pages no: 480

Edition language: English

Category:

Non Fiction, Travel, History, Cultural, Culture, Politics, Sociology, European History, Germany

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Wrenegade rated it

11 years ago

http://wrenegade.booklikes.com Wrenegade 1.5 Germania

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There's history here, if you can squint through the haze of British distaste for the German language, food (really? You're going to judge?), and culture. I do recommend it for the subject matter alone, but wish it had a different author.

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simmo rated it

12 years ago

http://simmo.booklikes.com simmo 4.0 Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

text Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

I've never found European History all that interesting, it always seems to dwell on France and Italy (which are a bit dull really), and apart from the obvious 20th century madness, I've not known much about Germany. Simon Winder corrects this omission with Germania – as a Germanophile it is difficul...

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