Hardcover
The first ever English language biography of Erich Honecker, covering his entire life and career. Never before published details of Honecker's first marriage, his exotic private life and fractious relationship with Walter Ulbricht.
The Man Who Built the Berlin Wall
The Rise and Fall of Erich Honecker
$70.37
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
30 July 2023
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Summary
In The Man Who Built the Berlin Wall, Nathan Morley brings to life the story of the longtime leader of the German Democratic Republic. Drawing from a wealth of untapped archival sources - and firsthand interviews with Honecker's lawyers, journalists, and contemporary witnesses - Morley paints a vivid portrait of how an uneducated miner's son from the Saarland rose to the highest ranks of the German Communist Party. Having survived a decade of brutality in Nazi prisons, Honecker emerged as an amb…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399088824 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399088823 |
| Author: | Nathan Morley |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword History |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 550g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
About The Author
Nathan Morley
Nathan Morley was born in Lincolnshire in 1974 and raised in West Germany. As a journalist, he has reported for Deutsche Welle, ORF OEsterreichischer Rundfunk, Vatican Radio, The Voice of America and CBC. In 2001 he was the recipient of a 'New York Festivals Radio Award'.His other books include the critically acclaimed Radio Hitler: Nazi Airwaves in the Second World War and Disney's British Gentleman: The Life and career of David Tomlinson.He divides his time between Nicosia and Berlin.
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