Katja Hoyer: Beyond The Wall: East Germany, 1949 [2023] hardback Condition:Very Good But nothing can prepare them

But nothing can prepare them for what they discover

the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland is a wondrous place indeed

finding a body when you only came over to borrow a tin of tomatoes

Though many of the profiled companies have since lost their edge (or disappeared completely)

Siobhan's homely recipes are delicious and really work

Katja Hoyer: Beyond The Wall: East Germany, 1949 [2023] hardback Condition:Very Good But nothing can prepare them'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand post World War II Europe' Julia Boyd 'One of the best young historians writing in English today. . . Well researched, well written and profoundly insightful, Beyond the Wall explodes many of the lazy Western cliches about East Germany' Andrew Roberts In 1990, a country disappeared. When the Iron Curtain fell, East Germany