Bayreuth

A historical menu of a special kind: The author presents an exciting century through 260 visual documents, capturing it as an extract from A for Arbeiter (worker) to Z for Zeppelin. The timeline stretches from Richard Wagner's arrival in Bayreuth to the post-war economic miracle of the 1950s on the green fields. The glory and splendor of the city's recent history come to life, as do its deep valleys of despair. The main characters are always the citizens of Bayreuth, but there is also plenty of room in this book for the celebrities on Wagner's sacred hill.