An explorer's guidebook to more than 80 fascinating historical locations in Germany's second city.

- Travel writing with a twist, for while Smith takes in Hamburg's landmark sights, he also digs out spots where few tourists ever venture.? (Hidden Europe)

- Prehistoric stones and wartime bunkers, hidden cellars and unexpected sanctuaries, storied waterways and lonely lighthouses.

- Charlemagne's Hammaburg and the Hanseatic League to the Third Reich and the Federal State of Hamburg.

- Discover John Lennon's doorway, the world's largest model railway, a floating church, and the English sewers.

- Meet the Unicorn of the Deep, an Arabian princess, a Communist hero, and the Red Brick King.