James Hawes studied German at University of Oxford and University College London, then held lectureships in German at the universities of Maynooth, Sheffield, and Swansea. The author of several books, including Speak for England, he leads the MA in creative writing at Oxford Brookes University.
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2,000 YEARS OF HISTORY IN ONE RIVETING AFTERNOON A country both admired and feared, Germany has been the epicenter of world events time and again: the Reformation, both World Wars, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It did not emerge as a modern nation until 1... SEE MORE