Freedom

of course Angela Merkel was not born to be chancellor. In her memoirs, written together with her long-time political advisor Beate Baumann, she looks back on her life in two German states - 35 years in the GDR and 35 years in reunified Germany. She tells us more personally than ever before about her childhood, youth and studies in the GDR and the dramatic year 1989, when the Wall fell and her political life began. She shares with us her meetings and conversations with the most powerful people in the world and uses significant national, European and international turning points to shed light on how decisions were made that characterise our time. Her book offers a unique insight into the inner workings of power - and is a resolute plea for freedom.