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1) Forgotten land: journeys among the ghosts of East Prussia

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Egremont, Max

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

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"Until the end of World War II, East Prussia was the German empire's farthest eastern redoubt, a thriving and beautiful land on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Now it lives only in history and in myth. Since 1945, the territory has been divided between Poland and Russia, stretching from the border between Russia and Lithuania in the east and south, and through Poland in the west. In Forgotten Land, Max Egremont offers a vivid account of...

2) Some desperate glory: the first World War the poets knew

Author

Egremont, Max

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

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World War I Collection Spotlight - Poetry

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The story of World War I, through the lives and words of its poets The hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of what many believed would be the war to end all wars is in 2014. And while World War I devastated Europe, it inspired profound poetry-words in which the atmosphere and landscape of battle are evoked perhaps more vividly than anywhere else. The poets-many of whom were killed-show not only the war's tragedy but also the hopes and disappointments...

3) The glass wall: lives on the Baltic frontier

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Egremont, Max

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pub. Date

2022.

Language

English

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"Max Egremont, author of Some Desperate Glory, tells stories from the 'Glass Wall' between Europe and Asia"-- "The Glass Wall features an extraordinary cast of characters--contemporary and historical, foreign and indigenous--who have lived and fought in the Baltic, western Europe's easternmost stronghold. Too often the destiny of this region has seemed to be to serve as the front line in other people's wars. By telling the stories of warriors and...