The Germans: the Dual History of a Nation
by Emil Ludwig
About This Novel
This book is a shocking epic created by the German writer Emil Ludwig. It depicts the thousand-year history of Germany's rise and fall from AD 800 to the 1940s. Charlemagne who dreamed of dominating the world, Gutenberg who invented movable type printing, Luther who devoted his life to the religious reform, Kepler who discovered the laws of the planets, Goethe who emerged from the violent movement, the cynical Beethoven, Bismarck, the iron-blooded chancellor who unified Germany, the notorious Hitler... Through the vivid description of these historical figures, the author makes readers seem to be immersed in the situation and relive the history of the Germans for thousands of years. The German nation is both serious and diligent in reaching the peak of human culture; it is also ferocious and barbaric, ambitious and wants to conquer the world. Why do such opposite personalities come together in one person? This book will also provide answers.
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Official(3)Scraped 6d ago
Indeed, if an author blocks his own life, writing a book may lose its own meaning. Sometimes I don't understand such deception.
The author also interprets it for us from the perspective of the reader, trying to make people who read this book understand the situation and state of mind at that time. Perhaps this is the charm of this book.
Writing the history of the Germans with a pen, I want to show a different feeling. History has passed, but they are following a different future. Maybe readers now don't understand it when they are there, but these years are indeed of extraordinary significance.
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Official(3)Scraped 6d ago
Indeed, if an author blocks his own life, writing a book may lose its own meaning. Sometimes I don't understand such deception.
The author also interprets it for us from the perspective of the reader, trying to make people who read this book understand the situation and state of mind at that time. Perhaps this is the charm of this book.
Writing the history of the Germans with a pen, I want to show a different feeling. History has passed, but they are following a different future. Maybe readers now don't understand it when they are there, but these years are indeed of extraordinary significance.
