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The Desirable Alien at Home in Germany

by Ford Madox Ford

What does it mean to be a foreigner in a new land? The Desirable Alien at Home in Germany by Ford Madox Ford is a travelogue and memoir that tells the story of the author's year-long stay in Germany in the early 1900s. Ford was a British writer, but he was also a fluent German speaker and had a deep love for German culture. He traveled extensively throughout Germany, visiting cities such as Berlin, Munich, and Dresden. He also met a wide range of people, from peasants to aristocrats.

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Ford Madox Ford (né Joseph Leopold Ford Hermann Madox Hueffer) was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals The English Review and The Transatla...

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