Golo Mann: The History of Germany since 1789 – Part II: from 1890 to 1933

  Introduction It has been some time since I published the first part of Golo Mann’s “History of Germany since 1789”,

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The Swedes going South – a snippet of history

These days I am reading Henri Pirenne’s book “A History of Europe”, which I find the most readable history of

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The ruins of Greece – Τα ερείπια (χαλάσματα) της Ελλάδος

“Only ruins remain and the beauty of the natural environment.” Lord Byron ΧΑΛΑΣΜΑΤΑ Γύρισα στα ξανθά παιδιάτικα λημέρια, γύρισα στο

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Fernand Braudel, French Historian

Pour moi, l’histoire est la somme de toutes les histoires possibles – une collection de métiers et points de vue,

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Golo Mann: The History of Germany since 1789 – Part I

Born Angelus Gottfried Thomas Mann, he was the third son of the novelist Thomas Mann and his wife Katia Mann.

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