The first single-volume biography of Berlin, one of the world's
great cities - told via twenty-one portraits, from medieval times
to the twenty-first century. A city devastated by Allied bombs,
divided by a Wall, then reunited and reborn, Berlin today resonates
with the echo of lives lived, dreams realised and evils executed.
No other city has repeatedly been so powerful and fallen so low.
And few other cities have been so shaped and defined by individual
imaginations. Through vivid portraits spanning five centuries, Rory
MacLean reveals the varied and rich history of Berlin, from its
brightest to its darkest moments. We encounter an ambitious
prostitute refashioning herself as a princess, a Scottish mercenary
fighting for the Prussian Army, Marlene Dietrich flaunting her
sexuality and Hitler fantasising about the mega-city Germania. The
result is a uniquely imaginative biography of one of the world's
most volatile yet creative cities.
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