The Picnic: An Escape To Freedom And Collapse Of Iron Curtain Matthew Longo Vintage Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A Gripping Reconstruction Of The Daring Escape To Freedom Hundreds East Germans In Summer 1989 - And How It Led Fall Berlin Wall ‘Beautifully Written Picnic Reads Like Thriller’ Peter Frankopan\ Exhilarating\ Observer\ Intensely Moving\ Sunday Times\ Engrossing Dramatic\ William Boydin August Group Activists Did Unthinkable: They Entered Forbidden Militarised Zone Iron Curtain Held On Wisps Rumour Thousands German \ Holiday-Makers\ Had Made Their Way Border Surveilled By Lurking Stasi Agents Stage Was Set For Greatest Breach Cold War History End Soviet Union So-Called All Would Flow From What Happened Next Drawing Dozens Original Interviews With Those Involved Matthew Longo Reconstructs This World-Shaping Event Its Tumultuous Aftermath ‘Revelatory Adds New Captivating Chapter War’ Statesman‘gripping Refreshingly Fast-Paced Effortlessly Moving Reader One Place Moment Another’ Today\ Evoke[S] Dramatic Events Vivid Colour Fascinating\ Katja Hoyer Telegraph *****‘A Great Story Is Told Point View Who Make It’ Ben Rogers Times Literary Supplement*Winner Orwell Prize Political Writing 2024**Shortlisted Historical Writers Association Non-Fiction Crown* Σελίδες: 320 Διαστάσεις: 13X13Cm