Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

by Simon Winder

Book Overview

Germania is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since 1945, so many Germans have worked to rebuild. A very funny book on serious topics---how we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. It is a book full of curiosities: odd food, castles, mad princes, fairy tales, and horse-mating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312680686
• ISBN13: 9780312680688
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Picador USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.1"