Berlin :

By: MacLean, Rory, 1954- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2015Description: viii, 421 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781780224589 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Berlin (Germany) -- History | Berlin (Germany) -- Civilization | Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs | HistoryDDC classification: 943.155 LOC classification: DD860Summary: Berlin is a city of fragments and ghosts, a laboratory of ideas, the fount of both the brightest and darkest designs of history's most bloody century. The once arrogant capital of Europe was devastated by Allied bombs, divided by a wall, then reunited and reborn as one of the creative centres of the world. Rory MacLean provides a richly varied, unexpected tour of the city's history.
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Originally published: 2014.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Berlin is a city of fragments and ghosts, a laboratory of ideas, the fount of both the brightest and darkest designs of history's most bloody century. The once arrogant capital of Europe was devastated by Allied bombs, divided by a wall, then reunited and reborn as one of the creative centres of the world. Rory MacLean provides a richly varied, unexpected tour of the city's history.