Ebook {Epub PDF} Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History by Simon Winder

Editions for Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History: (Hardcover published in ), (Paperback published in.  · in wayward pursuit of germans and their history by Simon Winder ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ma A cheerful, dryly unserious survey and travelogue through the .  · Simon Winder's Germania offers an unusual and very entertaining tour of the oddities of German history, finds John Adamson. While the British generally contemplate their European neighbours with.

Read an excerpt from "Germania: In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History" by Simon Winder. Skip to Main Content Skip to Search Dow Jones, a News Corp company About WSJ. Germania In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History (Book): Winder, Simon: "Germania" explores how people are misled by history, how they twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. The work is full of curiosities, odd food, castles, mad princes, and fairy tales--the unseen sides of Germany. "Germania" explores how people are misled by history, how they twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all. The work is full.

Winder’s book is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since , so many Germans have worked to rebuild. Germania is 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 videos. IN WAYWARD PURSUIT OF GERMANS AND THEIR HISTORY. by Simon Winder ‧RELEASE DATE: Ma. A cheerful, dryly unserious survey and travelogue through the landscape and psyche of Germany. British writer Winder (The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal Journey into the Disturbing World of James Bond, ) slips as giddily into discussing the ravages of the Thirty Years’ War as the awfulness of German cuisine, the pogroms that seized German towns in the. Germania is propelled by a wish to reclaim the brilliant, chaotic, endlessly varied German civilization that the Nazis buried and ruined, and that, since , so many Germans have worked to rebuild. A very funny book on serious topicshow we are misled by history, how we twist history, and how sometimes it is best to know no history at all.