Autor Geert Mak

'Mak is the history teacher everyone should have had' Financial TimesHow did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the…

'Mak is the history teacher everyone should have had' Financial TimesHow did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the…

Geert Mak spent the year 1999 criss-crossing the continent, tracing the history of Europe from Verdun to Berlin, St Petersburg to Auschwitz, Kiev to Srebrenica. He set off in search of evidence and witnesses, looking to define the condition of Europe…

Istanbul's Galata Bridge has spanned the Golden Horn since the sixth century AD, connecting the old city with the more Western districts to the north. But the bridge is a city in itself, peopled by merchants and petty thieves, tourists and fishermen,…

Mnohý čtenář si nepochybně vzpomene na slavnou knihu Dunaj italského spisovatele Claudia Magrise, v níž se v polovině osmdesátých let vydal na 2 580 kilometrů dlouhou cestu od pramene Dunaje až po jeho ústí do Černého moře. Výsledkem byl osobitý žánr…