An unsettling, poignant and darkly comic exposé of Putin's Russia and European disintegration from the highly acclaimed travel writer.In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. In that euphoric year Rory MacLean travelled from Berlin to Moscow,...

The intimate biography of BERLIN, one of the world's great cities - from medieval times to the twenty-first century. von MacLean, Rory

A Washington Post Best Book of the YearBerlin is a city of fragments and ghosts, a laboratory of ideas, the fount of both the brightest and darkest designs of history's most bloody century. The once arrogant capital of Europe was...

Through war and revolution, decay and regeneration, Stalin's Nose is a surreal and darkly comic ride and a portrait of Europe like no other. Rory MacLean's ground-breaking debut travel book begins when Winston the pig drops onto Uncle...

In 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. In that euphoric year Rory MacLean travelled from Berlin to Moscow, exploring the forgotten half of Europe. Thirty years on MacLean retraces his original journey backwards, across countries confronting old...

Was ist Wahrheit, was ist Fiktion? Die Frage drängt sich auf, wenn der kanadisch-britische Autor Rory MacLean von seiner Reise durch Europa berichtet. Sie führt ihn durch Länder, die wieder gespalten sind, aber anders als vor dreißig...

"Berlin: Portrait of a City Through the Centuries" von Rory MacLean ist eine ausführliche und facettenreiche Darstellung der Geschichte Berlins. Das Buch enthält eine Mischung aus Fakten, biografischen Skizzen und fiktiven Elementen....