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Berlin. Imagine a City

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#269900
Titel	Berlin. Imagine a City
Auteur	MacLean, Rory
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Jaar van uitgave	2015
ISBN10	1780224583
ISBN13	9781780224589
Taal	Engels
Samenvatting	The first single-volume biography of Berlin, one of the world's great cities - told via twenty-one portraits, from medieval times to the twenty-first century. A city devastated by Allied bombs, divided by a Wall, then reunited and reborn, Berlin today resonates with the echo of lives lived, dreams realised and evils executed. No other city has repeatedly been so powerful and fallen so low. And few other cities have been so shaped and defined by individual imaginations. Through vivid portraits spanning five centuries, Rory MacLean reveals the varied and rich history of Berlin, from its brightest to its darkest moments. We encounter an ambitious prostitute refashioning herself as a princess, a Scottish mercenary fighting for the Prussian Army, Marlene Dietrich flaunting her sexuality and H... (Lees verder)itler fantasising about the mega-city Germania. The result is a uniquely imaginative biography of one of the world's most volatile yet creative cities.
Pagina's	421
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 8,00

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