Jan Rüger is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. An acclaimed scholar of modern British and German history, he is the author of The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire and Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.

This major new study not only establishes Jan Rüger as the leading historian of British-German relations but also puts the history of international relations onto a new footing. He deftly combines masterly coverage of politics with social and cultural history: musicians, bankers and artists, Germans who lived in Britain and Britons who lived in Germany

Jan Rüger is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. An acclaimed scholar of modern British and German history, he is the author of The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire and Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.

This major new study not only establishes Jan Rüger as the leading historian of British-German relations but also puts the history of international relations onto a new footing. He deftly combines masterly coverage of politics with social and cultural history: musicians, bankers and artists, Germans who lived in Britain and Britons who lived in Germany

Jan Rüger is Professor of History at Birkbeck, University of London. An acclaimed scholar of modern British and German history, he is the author of The Great Naval Game: Britain and Germany in the Age of Empire and Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea, which was shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize.

This major new study not only establishes Jan Rüger as the leading historian of British-German relations but also puts the history of international relations onto a new footing. He deftly combines masterly coverage of politics with social and cultural history: musicians, bankers and artists, Germans who lived in Britain and Britons who lived in Germany