In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century
Book by Geert Mak
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Geert Mak spent the year of 1999 criss-crossing the continent, tracing the history of Europe from Verdun to Berlin, Saint Petersburg to Auschwitz, Kiev to Srebrenica. He set off in search of evidence and witnesses, looking to define the condition... Google Books
Originally published: March 2004
Author: Geert Mak
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' The story is a simple one: a nineteenth-century man falls into a deep sleep after being hypnotised and does not wake up until the year 2000. He finds himself ...
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The Dutch journalist Geert Mak travels through Europe at the close of the twentieth century reflecting on the history of the last 100 years and it's legacy.
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This is the most important, engaging and shocking book I have ever read about European culture. He guides the reader through present day impressions of Europe ...
His extraordinary book, In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century, covers five times as much history as Van Winkle's nap in the Catskills. The book is a ...
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Jun 10, 2008 · "This book is a very good example of a favorite nonfiction genre of mine—an exact blend of history and 'travel literature'.
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On January 4, 1999, Mak, a journalist and one of the Netherlands' most popular authors, set out from Amsterdam on assignment for his newspaper, ...
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Apr 14, 2007 · In Europe: Travels Through the Twentieth Century by Geert Mak, translated by Sam Garrett 876pp, Harvill Secker, £25. In the summer of 1998 ...