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HellsBells Jan 2015 4:59pm, 10 Jan 2015 18,548 posts	0 HellsBells I've just discovered CS Forester's early crime fiction, written before he got into things like Hornblower. Set in the 1920's and extremely well written. Not detective novels as such - it's more about the people. Plain Murder which I have just finished is all about the murderer and his relationships with other people
rf_fozzy Mar 2021 10:52pm, 16 Mar 2021 13,679 posts	0 rf_fozzy Ok, so time to resurrect this thread. I've been watching Deutschland 83 86 and 89 and realise that I know remarkably little about the history of East Germany. Can anyone recommend me a "popular history" book that would be good to give me an overview please? Mine Deutsch is nicht so gut, so it must be in English please. Danke Schon
DeeGee Mar 2021 8:48am, 17 Mar 2021 20,393 posts	0 DeeGee watching this I'm very interested in this area, but I've got all my knowledge from documentaries, periodicals and museums, so I'd like something to read, too.
rf_fozzy Mar 2021 10:26am, 17 Mar 2021 13,688 posts	0 rf_fozzy Bump.
rf_fozzy Mar 2021 5:39pm, 18 Mar 2021 13,701 posts	0 rf_fozzy I'm guessing the answer was no!
WA Mar 2021 5:58pm, 18 Mar 2021 8,550 posts	0 WA I don't have a history book, but there are a couple of good postwar novels that give a flavour of the place- Alone in Berlin by Hans Fallada, and The Ashes of Berlin by Luke McCallan. The first is better imo. There's also Stasiland- Stories from behind the Berlin Wall by Anna Funder which is non-fiction
WA Mar 2021 6:16pm, 18 Mar 2021 8,551 posts	0 WA I should add that Stasiland isn't a history as such, but it is the accounts of those who lived under the East German regime
Bob! Jul 2022 10:28am, 31 Jul 2022 3,902 posts	0 Bob! Back in the day I used to love Linton Kwesi Johnsons poetry and accompanying music. Interview with him in today's Guardian. Now off to order the book! theguardian.com