{"product_id":"9781406385557","title":"The House by the Lake: The Story of a Home and a Hundred Years of History","description":"By: Harding, Thomas \u003cbr\u003e Format: Hardback \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Walker Books Ltd \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 03\/09\/20 \u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781406385557 \u003cbr\u003e Dimensions in mm: 262 x 286 x 11 \u003cbr\u003e Description: 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.   PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE: A Radio 4 Book of the WeekNamed a Best Book of the Year by: The Times \u0026gt;\u0026gt;  New Statesman \u0026gt;\u0026gt; Daily Express \u0026gt;\u0026gt; Commonweal magazineShortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2015Longlisted for the Orwell Prize 2016Over 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 tumultuous period\" - Financial Times\"Original, personal, moving and uplifting\" - Literary Review\"This is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate.\" - Spectator\"An extraordinary book.... Harding has extracted the past from the dust that collects between floorboards and from layers of peeling wallpaper.\" - Washington PostSEE ALSO THOMAS HARDING'S NEW BIOGRAPHY, LEGACY:\"I was riveted: this is a fascinating social history.\" - Nigella Lawson\"Written with love and imagination ... a masterclass in historical empathy.\" - TLS\"Nobody quite stirs the soup of historical detail like Harding.\" - Express","brand":"Scotia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41038750056631,"sku":"9781406385557","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0570\/5629\/7143\/products\/9781406385557_4aa06e7a-bae6-4297-bba9-598ef235ebee.jpg?v=1695321725","url":"https:\/\/www.scotiabooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781406385557","provider":"scotia-books-online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}