Amber has long been a desirable commodity, surrounded by legend and used to create dazzling artifacts. Fascinated, C. J. Schüler follows the historic Amber Route from St Petersburg to Venice through three millennia of history. As he explores empires and the former Iron Curtain, current politics and his own family’s experience of persecution are never far from his mind.
Amber has long been a desirable commodity, surrounded by legend and used to create dazzling artifacts. Fascinated, C. J. Schüler follows the historic Amber Route from St Petersburg to Venice through three millennia of history. As he explores empires and the former Iron Curtain, current politics and his own family’s experience of persecution are never far from his mind.
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