Faust's Metropolis

Faust's Metropolis A History of Berlin

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Publisher's Synopsis

'Beautifully conceived and marvellously researched. I haven't read a better book on Berlin.' Gordon A. Craig

In Berlin, history is tangible. The sense of the past - of Europe, of Germany, and of the 20th-century's myths, depravities, idealism and horror - hangs in the air around the old Hinterhofs and deserted railway stations. No other city has played such a part in the tides of 20th-century European affairs.

'Faust's Metropolis' follows the rich and inspiring history of this city: from the revolutionary fervour of its teeming slums, the insufferable pomp of Imperial Berlin, and the frantic modernism of Weimar to the brutality of the Nazis and the symbolic defeat of Communism as the Wall came down. Writing superbly of Berlin's role as a crucible of change, Alexandra Richie reveals herself as an extraordinary new talent.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780006376880
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint: HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub date:
DEWEY: 943.155
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 1107
Weight: 1518g
Height: 154mm
Width: 233mm
Spine width: 48mm