"Fascinating revelations abound . [A] powerful book." -- The Economist "A fascinating window on a tumultuous period." -- Financial Times " The House by the Lake meticulously chronicles two linked feats of reclamation: the author''s reconstruction of the house''s life and times, and his quest to restore the building itself. This is a tale of multiple dispossessions, but also of adaptation and resiliency." --Julia M. Klein, The Boston Globe "An epic, fact-filled, multi-voiced saga told with pace, verve, and warmth, and rich in fascinating revelations. Masterful.

" -- Minneapolis Star Tribune "In his absorbing personal history, The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History , Harding recounts, with a measured pathos, the experiences of a succession of tenants. It is a story of aspiration, fleeting joy, escape and the small-scale dramas of domestic life. For all the political and personal upheaval detailed here, Harding writes with a restraint that''s all the more impressive given his personal connection to the material. Harding makes excellent use of eyewitness testimony, interviews with Gross Glienicke villagers, family papers, government archives and other documents, as he moves across a century of time." -- Newsday "Breathtaking in scope and intimate in its detail, Harding''s book is a groundbreaking and revelatory history of Germany, told over nearly a century through the story of a small wooden house." --Anne Hammock, Florida Times-Union Book of the Week "By tracing the lives of the different families who lived there, Harding sheds fresh light on the German 20th century, a tale of war, spies, murder and political, racial and social division. His account of the house is a superb work of social history, told with tremendous narrative verve." -- The Sunday Times (London) "This is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate.

This is a gentle but rewarding book, carefully tuned into the marginal voices recorded in the history of one small house by a lake." --Clare Mulley, The Spectator (UK) "Diamond-brilliant . If a webcam had been left on at number 101 Gross Glienicke for 90 years, the record could not have been more vivid or revelatory. Harding''s research, from eyewitness accounts to the files of ministries, is jaw-dropping. This is an extraordinary book. Five Stars." -- Sunday Express (UK) "This emblem of tyranny [the Berlin Wallh a restraint that''s all the more impressive given his personal connection to the material. Harding makes excellent use of eyewitness testimony, interviews with Gross Glienicke villagers, family papers, government archives and other documents, as he moves across a century of time.

" -- Newsday "Breathtaking in scope and intimate in its detail, Harding''s book is a groundbreaking and revelatory history of Germany, told over nearly a century through the story of a small wooden house." --Anne Hammock, Florida Times-Union Book of the Week "By tracing the lives of the different families who lived there, Harding sheds fresh light on the German 20th century, a tale of war, spies, murder and political, racial and social division. His account of the house is a superb work of social history, told with tremendous narrative verve." -- The Sunday Times (London) "This is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate. This is a gentle but rewarding book, carefully tuned into the marginal voices recorded in the history of one small house by a lake." --Clare Mulley, The Spectator (UK) "Diamond-brilliant . If a webcam had been left on at number 101 Gross Glienicke for 90 years, the record could not have been more vivid or revelatory. Harding''s research, from eyewitness accounts to the files of ministries, is jaw-dropping.

This is an extraordinary book. Five Stars." -- Sunday Express (UK) "This emblem of tyranny [the Berlin Wallbut rewarding book, carefully tuned into the marginal voices recorded in the history of one small house by a lake." --Clare Mulley, The Spectator (UK) "Diamond-brilliant . If a webcam had been left on at number 101 Gross Glienicke for 90 years, the record could not have been more vivid or revelatory. Harding''s research, from eyewitness accounts to the files of ministries, is jaw-dropping. This is an extraordinary book. Five Stars.

" -- Sunday Express (UK) "This emblem of tyranny [the Berlin Wallh a restraint that''s all the more impressive given his personal connection to the material. Harding makes excellent use of eyewitness testimony, interviews with Gross Glienicke villagers, family papers, government archives and other documents, as he moves across a century of time." -- Newsday "Breathtaking in scope and intimate in its detail, Harding''s book is a groundbreaking and revelatory history of Germany, told over nearly a century through the story of a small wooden house." --Anne Hammock, Florida Times-Union Book of the Week "By tracing the lives of the different families who lived there, Harding sheds fresh light on the German 20th century, a tale of war, spies, murder and political, racial and social division. His account of the house is a superb work of social history, told with tremendous narrative verve." -- The Sunday Times (London) "This is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate. This is a gentle but rewarding book, carefully tuned into the marginal voices recorded in the history of one small house by a lake." --Clare Mulley, The Spectator (UK) "Diamond-brilliant .

If a webcam had been left on at number 101 Gross Glienicke for 90 years, the record could not have been more vivid or revelatory. Harding''s research, from eyewitness accounts to the files of ministries, is jaw-dropping. This is an extraordinary book. Five Stars." -- Sunday Express (UK) "This emblem of tyranny [the Berlin Wallh a restraint that''s all the more impressive given his personal connection to the material. Harding makes excellent use of eyewitness testimony, interviews with Gross Glienicke villagers, family papers, government archives and other documents, as he moves across a century of time." -- Newsday "Breathtaking in scope and intimate in its detail, Harding''s book is a groundbreaking and revelatory history of Germany, told over nearly a century through the story of a small wooden house." --Anne Hammock, Florida Times-Union Book of the Week "By tracing the lives of the different families who lived there, Harding sheds fresh light on the German 20th century, a tale of war, spies, murder and political, racial and social division.

His account of the house is a superb work of social history, told with tremendous narrative verve." -- The Sunday Times (London) "This is a history that is often poignant, sometimes heartening, and never other than intimate. This is a gentle but rewarding book, carefully tuned into the marginal voices recorded in the history of one small house by a lake." --Clare Mulley, The Spectator (UK) "Diamond-brilliant . If a webcam had been left on at number 101 Gross Glienicke for 90 years, the record could not have been more vivid or revelatory. Harding''s research, from eyewitness accounts to the files of ministries, is jaw-dropping. This is an extraordinary book. Five Stars.

" -- Sunday Express (UK) "This emblem of tyranny [the Berlin Wallbut rewarding book, carefully tuned into the marginal voices recorded in the history of one small house by a lake." --Clare Mulley, The Spectator (UK) "Diamond-brilliant . If a webcam had been left on at number 101 Gross Glienicke for 90 years, the record could not have been more vivid or revelatory. Harding''s research, from eyewitness accounts to the files of ministries, is jaw-dropping. This is an extraordinary book. Five Stars." -- Sunday Express (UK) "This emblem of tyranny [the Berlin Wallbut rewarding book, carefully tuned into the marginal voices recorded in the history of one small house by a lake." --Clare Mulley, The Spectator (UK) "Diamond-brilliant .

If a webcam had been left on at number 101 Gross Glienicke for 90 years, the record could not have been more vivid or revelatory. Harding''s research, from eyewitness accounts to the files of ministries, is jaw-dropping. This is an extraordinary book. Five Stars." -- Sunday Express (UK) "This emblem of tyranny [the Berlin Wallh a restraint that''s all the more impressive given his personal connection to the material. Harding makes excellent use of eyewitness testimony, interviews with Gross Glienicke villagers, family papers, government archives and other documents, as he moves across a century of time." -- Newsday "Breathtaking in scope and intimate in its detail, Harding''s book is a groundbreaking and revelatory history of Germany, told over nearly a century through the story of a small wooden house." --Anne Hammock, Florida Times-Union Book of the Week "By tracing the lives of the different families who lived there, Harding sheds fresh light on the German 20th century, a tale of war, spies, murder and political, racial and social division.

His account of the house is a superb work of social history, told with tremendous narrative verve." -- The Sunday Times (London) "This is a hi.