The Germans and Europe

A Personal Frontline History

Peter Millar

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English

Arcadia Books
01 April 2021

History; European history; Social & cultural history; Social groups; Human geography; Travel writing

"""An engrossing portrait"" Independent

Based on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent.

Focussing on nine cities (only six of which are in the Germany of today) he takes us on a zigzag ride back through time via the fall of the Berlin Wall through the horrors of two world wars, the patchwork states of the Middle Ages, to the splendour of Charlemagne and the fall of Rome, with side swipes at everything on the way, from Henry VIII to the Spanish Empire.

Included are mini portraits of aspects of German culture from sex and money to food and drink. Not just a book about Germany but about Europe as a whole and how we got where we are today, and where we might be tomorrow.

""From the first page you know that Peter Millar knows his territory well, and has found real tales to tell"" The Times"

By: Peter Millar
Imprint: Arcadia Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 206mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781911350583
ISBN 10: 1911350587
Pages: 456
Publication Date: 01 April 2021
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Peter Millar is an award-winning British journalist, author and translator, and has been a correspondent for Reuters, Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph. He was named Foreign Correspondent of the Year for his reporting on the dying stages of the Cold War, his account of which - 1989: The Berlin Wall, My Part in its Downfall - was named 'best read' by The Economist.

Reviews for The Germans and Europe: A Personal Frontline History

"[This] engrossing portrait of German culture covers everything from sex and money to food and drink. -- Martin Chilton * Independent * From the first page of his new book, you know that Peter Millar knows his territory well, and has found real tales to tell. This is ""not a traditional linear history"" of Germany, but ""a personal frontline"" tour, organised by place and topic, and held together by anecdote and lived experience. -- James Hawes * The Times *"