‘This grandly ambitious work has a noble intention: to re-create through art and imagination the whole historic presence of a great capital, from its beginnings to its present day… Maclean’s book is a wonderful achievement, not justly to be summarised in the few hundred words of a review. but hauntingly representing, as in a tangled dream, 600 years of history.’ Jan Morris on Berlin: Imagine a City, Sunday Telegraph
‘Brilliant… what makes MacLean’s history of Berlin stand out is that this is an intensely human document, a rich tapestry spanning five centuries and woven together through intimate portraits of 21 of its former inhabitants which collectively reveal the narrative of the city… This is how I love history to be told, through the people that live it… a fascinating book.’ Clare Wigfall on Berlin: Imagine a City, The Observer.
The Shortest History of Berlin will be published by Black Inc. in 2027.
