Berlin is defined by its many edges – the blurred edge between Huns and Slavs, pagan and Christian, the competing spheres of influence of Western Europe and Russia, autocracy and democracy, art and philosophy battling engines of bureaucracy. And it has an extraordinary cast.
Berlin: The Story of a City
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£25.00
Edition:Hardback978147118153529/10/2020
Categories: 15. Books for Christmas 2020: Travel, Books for Christmas 2020, History, Travel
Tags: General and world history, History
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