The House by the Lake: The Story of a Home and a Hundred Years of History (okładka  miękka, wyd. 11.2021)

`The incredible story of how a house was witness to German history` Telegraph `A touching picturebook which shows children that large events can have repercussions even in small and unheralded places` Wall Street Journal A beautiful picture-book adaptation of Thomas Harding`s Costa-shortlisted biography for adults, exquisitely illustrated by Britta Teckentrup. On the outskirts of Berlin, a wooden cottage stands on the shore of a lake. Over the course of a century, this little house played host to a loving Jewish family, a renowned Nazi composer, wartime refugees and a Stasi informant; in that time, a world war came and went, and the Berlin Wall was built a stone`s throw from the cottage`s back door. Thomas Harding first shared this remarkable story in his Costa-shortlisted biography The House by the Lake - now he has rendered it into a deeply moving picture-book for young readers. With words that read like a haunting fairy-tale, and magnificent artwork by Britta Teckentrup, this is the astonishing true story of the house by the lake. `An atmospheric and ultimately uplifting tale with delicate, ethereal images` The Financial Times PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE: A Radio 4 Book of the Week Named a Best Book of the Year by: The Times >> New Statesman >> Daily Express >> Commonweal magazine Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2015 Longlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016 Over 50 five-star reviews on Amazon `A passionate memoir.` - Neil MacGregor `A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book.` - Tom Holland `A book that will stay with me for a very long time.` - Rachel Joyce `A superb work of social history.` - The Sunday Times `Diamond brilliant ... an extraordinary book.` - Sunday Express `A deft history of a cabin containing many secrets.` - Independent `A fascinating window on a tumultuo [...]