William Cook

German history is uniquely awful: that’s what makes it so engrossing

A review of Germany by Neil MacGregor suggests that Germans have always been federalists and that the Holy Roman Empire which lasted 1,000 years was a forerunner of today’s EU

issue 13 December 2014
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  • Germany: Memories of a Nation

    Neil MacGregor

    Allen Lane, pp. 640

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