Ben Coates

The Rhine

Following Europe's Greatest River from Amsterdam to the Alps

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Produktbeschreibung

Ben Coates, author of Why the Dutch are Different, cycles the Rhine river from mouth to source, discovering the mark it makes on Europe.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton / Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 594255
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 126mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 214g
• ISBN-13: 9781473665095
• ISBN-10: 1473665094
• Artikelnr.: 55173449

Autorenporträt

Ben Coates was born in Britain in 1982, lives in Rotterdam with his Dutch wife, and now works for an international charity. During his career he has been a political advisor, corporate speechwriter, lobbyist and aid worker. He has written articles for numerous publications including the Guardian, Financial Times and Huffington Post. ben-coates.com

Rezensionen

Among the finest multi-destination books is The Rhine . . . Coates's itchy feet paddle him steadily (after a disaster in a rowing boat) on two wheels from Holland (sleeping in dunes), past Utrecht to the German border (Arnhem redolent of war in A Bridge Too Far) to sleepier Bonn. History shimmers across his hinterland, contested in two world wars, and his curiosity - Coates's great strength - unearths the ways in which the river shaped the destinies of those who made its ever changing banks their home. Scotsman - Books of the Year