Too often the destiny of this region has seemed to be to serve as the front line in other people's wars. The Glass Wall features an extraordinary cast of characters-contemporary and historical, foreign and indigenous-who have lived and fought in the Baltic, western Europe's easternmost stronghold. Caught between the giants of Germany and Russia, on a route across which armies surged or retreated, small nations like Latvia and Estonia were for centuries the subjects of conquests and domination as foreign colonizers claimed control of the territory and its inhabitants, along with their religion, government, and culture. Few countries have suffered more from the convulsions and bloodshed of twentieth-century Europe than those in the eastern Baltic region. Max Egremont, author of Some Desperate Glory, tells stories from the "Glass Wall" between Europe and Asia. About the Book "Originally published in 2021 by Picador, Great Britain."
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