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The Picnic

- An Escape to Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
Af: Matthew Longo Engelsk Paperback

The Picnic

- An Escape to Freedom and the Collapse of the Iron Curtain
Af: Matthew Longo Engelsk Paperback
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A gripping reconstruction of the daring escape to freedom of hundreds of East Germans in the summer of 1989 - and how it led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. ‘Beautifully written . . . The Picnic reads like a thriller’ Peter Frankopan'Exhilarating' Observer'Intensely moving' Sunday Times'Engrossing and dramatic' William BoydIn August 1989, a group of activists did the unthinkable: they entered the forbidden militarised zone of the Iron Curtain - and held a picnic. On wisps of rumour, thousands of East German 'holiday-makers' had made their way to the border, surveilled by lurking Stasi agents. The stage was set for the greatest border breach in Cold War history. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Soviet Union - the so-called end of history - all would flow from what happened next. Drawing on dozens of original interviews with those involved, Matthew Longo reconstructs this world-shaping event and its tumultuous aftermath. ‘Revelatory . . . adds a new, captivating chapter to the history of the Cold War’ New Statesman‘Gripping . . . refreshingly fast-paced, effortlessly moving the reader from one place and moment to another’ History Today'Evoke[s] the dramatic events in vivid colour . . . fascinating' Katja Hoyer, Telegraph *****‘A great story . . . this is history told from the point of view of those who make it’ Ben Rogers, Times Literary Supplement*WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2024**SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN*
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A gripping reconstruction of the daring escape to freedom of hundreds of East Germans in the summer of 1989 - and how it led to the fall of the Berlin Wall. ‘Beautifully written . . . The Picnic reads like a thriller’ Peter Frankopan'Exhilarating' Observer'Intensely moving' Sunday Times'Engrossing and dramatic' William BoydIn August 1989, a group of activists did the unthinkable: they entered the forbidden militarised zone of the Iron Curtain - and held a picnic. On wisps of rumour, thousands of East German 'holiday-makers' had made their way to the border, surveilled by lurking Stasi agents. The stage was set for the greatest border breach in Cold War history. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of the Soviet Union - the so-called end of history - all would flow from what happened next. Drawing on dozens of original interviews with those involved, Matthew Longo reconstructs this world-shaping event and its tumultuous aftermath. ‘Revelatory . . . adds a new, captivating chapter to the history of the Cold War’ New Statesman‘Gripping . . . refreshingly fast-paced, effortlessly moving the reader from one place and moment to another’ History Today'Evoke[s] the dramatic events in vivid colour . . . fascinating' Katja Hoyer, Telegraph *****‘A great story . . . this is history told from the point of view of those who make it’ Ben Rogers, Times Literary Supplement*WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2024**SHORTLISTED FOR THE HISTORICAL WRITERS ASSOCIATION NON-FICTION CROWN*
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 320
ISBN-13: 9781529920987
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1529920981
Kategori: Sovjetunionen
Udg. Dato: 6 feb 2025
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 130mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Vintage Publishing
Oplagsdato: 6 feb 2025
Forfatter(e): Matthew Longo
Forfatter(e) Matthew Longo


Kategori Sovjetunionen


ISBN-13 9781529920987


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 320


Udgave


Længde 23mm


Bredde 130mm


Højde 198mm


Udg. Dato 6 feb 2025


Oplagsdato 6 feb 2025


Forlag Vintage Publishing

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