The Regions of Germany: A Reference Guide to History and Culture

The author of the present book is to be congratulated upon having completed it. Yet he is also to be commiserated for the very simple reason that almost any reader might consider what ever he included wrong. The author has quite probably found himself in an uphill battle when compiling his book. And if that were not enough, there is always the publisher, who in the case of this guide to the regions of Germany deliberately chose a fairy‐tale cover. Neuschwanstein, as well as Heidelberg or Rothenburg, certainly support the idea of a country characterized by half‐timbered houses or the...