Duncan J. D. Smith - Urban Explorer, Travel Writer, Historian, Photographer

A Guide to Hidden Corners, Little-Known Places and Unusual Objects

Publisher: Christian Brandstätter Verlag
ISBN: 978-3-85033-368-9

Publication date: April 2010 (Edition 1)

Specification: PB, 232 pages, 200 colour photos & two fold-out maps
Size: 13.5 x 21cm

Price: EURO 19.90

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Summary:

• A comprehensive illustrated guide to more than 80 fascinating and unusual historical sights in Germany‘s second-largest city

• Prehistoric stones, wartime air raid shelters, hidden cellars, unexpected sanctuaries, and eccentric museums

• From Charlemagne‘s Hammaburg and the Hanseatic League to the Third Reich and the Federal State of Hamburg

• John Lennon‘s doorway, a floating church, the English sewers, and the unicorn of the deep

• An Arabian princess, Käppn Lührs, a Communist hero, and the Red Brick King

• Recommended for visitors to Hamburg wishing to discover something a little different, as well as for inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew the city

Featured reviews:

Marianne Piepper, Warburg-Haus:
"Only in Hamburg"...thank you so much...it is a very nice book...(and) a really fine gift for friends and guests who want to visit Hamburg.

Hamburg Adventures, Writers & Photographers unLimited Media News Bulletin 25 (Nov 2009)

Hidden Europe magazine (Issue 26, May-June 2009)
In a world where places seem to become ever more similar, it was an absolute joy to stumble on the "Only in..." series of guidebooks written by Duncan J. D. Smith. Each guide identifies 84 distinctive sights within a particular city. His approach to places and history appeals to us a lot. The ‘Only in...‘ series is a refreshing antidote to the prevailing tide of uniformity favoured by too many travel guides.

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