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.
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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