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Last broadcast on Sat, 30 Jan 2010, 10:00 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
John McCarthy explores Germany with two writers who know the country well and asks why, in such a fascinatingly diverse and interesting place, more British tourists don't visit. He also examines the vastly different regions within Germany, their food, their culture and their history.
Simon Winder
Simon Winder is the author of the bestseller The Man Who Saved Britain. He’s also an aficionado of Germany which he has been visiting for many years. He’s fascinated by everything German, the cuisine, the architecture, the landscape but he’s equally passionate about the region's history. His latest book entitled "Germania" is his personal guide to the Germany he loves.
Germania: A Personal History of Germans Ancient and Modern
Publisher: Picador
ISBN-10: 0330451391
ISBN-13: 978-0330451390
Stephen Plaice
Stephen Plaice is a writer, play and film director and librettist and a frequent traveller to Germany. Stephen has translated some plays and a major philosophical work.
The Romantic Road: On the Trail of the German Philosophers
Series broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2009
The Principle of Hope, Vol. 1 (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)
Ernst Bloch (Author), Neville Plaice (Translator), Stephen Plaice (Translator), Paul Knight (Translator)
Publisher: The MIT Press
ISBN-10: 0262521997
ISBN-13: 978-0262521994
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