Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 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. This accessible, enthusiastic and startlingly vivid account is a brilliant introduction to the hidden wonders of Germany. '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
Simon Winder is the author of the highly praised The Man Who Saved Britain and the Sunday Times top ten bestseller, Germania. He works in publishing and lives in Wandsworth Town.
Author: Simon Winder
Format: Paperback, 480 pages, 131mm x 198mm, 338 g
Published: 2020, Pan Macmillan, United Kingdom
Genre: Regional History
The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller 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. This accessible, enthusiastic and startlingly vivid account is a brilliant introduction to the hidden wonders of Germany. '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
Simon Winder is the author of the highly praised The Man Who Saved Britain and the Sunday Times top ten bestseller, Germania. He works in publishing and lives in Wandsworth Town.