Bücher von Peter Watson

A virtuoso tour through the cultural history of German ideas and influence, from 1750 to the present

Deutsche Ideen, deutscher Geist und deutsche Ideologien haben das Weltgeschehen maßgeblich beeinflusst und geprägt. Peter Watson zeichnet diese Entwicklung von der Mitte des 18. Jahr hunderts bis zur Gegenwart nach und ergründet Ursprung und Wesen des »Deutschen Genius«. Philosophie und Literatur, Musik und Malerei, Wissenschaft und Technik - Watson bietet eine beeindruckende Gesamtschau deutschen Geisteslebens von Lessing bis Mann, von Humboldt bis Benz, von Kant bis Habermas, von Schleiermacher bis Ratzinger, von Bach bis Henze, von Friedrich bis Beuys. Eine faszinierende Kultur- und Ideengeschichte.

The story reunites Ian McLean with Jack Doyle, the estate locater, who has been asked by two brothers to find their step-brother. Ian''s trail takes him to the Northumberland area of England where he meets a beautiful Armenian girl.The motive of the two brothers becomes suspect, and as events play out there are more questions than answers. Who, for example, is Molly? The story also delves into the subject of Diaspora communities, and how they reflect and influence their host country''s interests. Comparisons are made between the Jacobite cause and modern nationalist and religious movements.

Can Jimmy escape the brutality of The Home?Jimmy McGuire's misdiagnosis led to him being placed in The Home, where he is subjected to sub-human brutality. No sooner does he escape than he is a suspect in an attack of a woman who has befriended him. Can Jimmy's friends help him overcome the odds and emerge as a whole person? This is a heartwarming story of the triumph of the human condition.

Why does the coma victim have a concentration camp number?A Canadian estate locator is asked by a client's niece to determine the identity of a coma victim in an English hospital, where she is a nurse. The only clue is a number tattooed on his arm. The search leads to France and the identity of a woman who was deported to Auschwitz in 1944. A romance develops between the locator and the nurse. The story correspondingly follows the progress of a young Englishman who converts to Judaism and the consequences for him and his family. The novel examines attitudes toward outsiders, by those whom they wish to join, and the views of those who consider anyone who turns their back on the tribe to be a defector. The two stories connect toward the end, when the power of the various relationships is revealed.

A sweeping tour of French history from the 17th century to the present day from the highly acclaimed author of The German Genius