The incredible story of how a house was witness to German history Telegraph A touching
picturebook which shows children that large events can have repercussions even in small and
unheralded places Wall Street Journal 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. An atmospheric and ultimately uplifting tale with delicate ethereal
images The Financial Times 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: >> New Statesman >> Daily Express >>
Commonweal magazineShortlisted for the Costa Biography Award 2015Longlisted for the Orwell
Prize 2016Over 50 five-star reviews on AmazonA passionate memoir. ¿ Neil MacGregorA 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 HollandA book that will stay with me
for a very long time. ¿ Rachel JoyceA superb work of social history. ¿ The Sunday Times Diamond
brilliant ... an extraordinary book. ¿ Sunday ExpressA deft history of a cabin containing many
secrets. ¿ IndependentA fascinating window on a tumultuous period ¿ Financial TimesOriginal
personal moving and uplifting ¿ Literary ReviewThis is a history that is often poignant
sometimes heartening and never other than intimate. ¿ SpectatorAn 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 LawsonWritten with love and
imagination ... a masterclass in historical empathy. ¿ TLSNobody quite stirs the soup of
historical detail like Harding. ¿ Express
