Kati Marton's Biography of Angela Merkel: A Story of Remarkable Achievement

henry miller: An excellent and enlightening story about a great woman, Angela Merkel. I feel enriched after reading it. It is memorable

United States on Sep 30, 2023

Amazon Customer: This was a bit of an eye opener, learning about Angel Merkel. What a fascinating woman. A great read for a. book club!

Canada on Sep 17, 2023

MJ: Strongly recommended, well written and insightful.

Germany on Sep 02, 2023

AJ: This was a gift for my Mum and she absolutely loved it!!! So much so, my Dad has read it and she has recommended it to many friends who also love it!

Australia on Aug 21, 2023

Maryam: What a wonderful journey!

Truly astonished by Angela Merkel’s journey to being one of the strongest leaders in the world.

A truly inspirational and insightful book.

Also, a very well organized book written beautifully by Kati Marton.

A must read!

United States on Jul 17, 2023

Oma: Informative. Very historical.

United States on Jul 16, 2023

Nancy's: This book chronicles her life behind the wall and afterwards as she chose to help rebuild East Germany and unite the East and the West. Her perspective and manner in which she served her people as chancellor true leadership!

United States on Jul 09, 2023

Barfield: On the whole this is an enjoyable and informative read. It is written in a very pleasant style to read and gives a great insight into Merkel as a person which is no easy task given Merkel's reluctance to reveal anything personal at all.
A few things are bit irritating. The author spent much of her childhood in Hungary and sometimes when referring to aspects of the former East Germany she interposes her own thoughts a little bit too readily, which is very common among emigré families. So yes, we all know the GDR was a Stasi state but also the East Germans felt they had lost a lot when they effectively just became new Bundesländer of West Germany. For example, not only did many people lose their jobs but many women found working extremely hard after the loss of the well structured childcare facilities of the DDR. There is little to no acknowledgment of things like this.
I understand Americans call football soccer but renaming international football competitions to include the word soccer is a step too far so basically this book is aimed at Americans.
And finally there are some inaccuracies. For example, in at least two places she proves a lack of understanding between the...

United Kingdom on Jul 07, 2023

DG: Well written, few wasted or unnecessary words. Holds your interests to the end but does still leaves the reader wanting to know the subject of the book better.

United States on May 18, 2023

Mahesh Gupta: I liked the book.

India on Nov 24, 2022