The House by the Lake: The Story of a Home and a Hundred Years of History

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: >> New Statesman >> Daily Express >> 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