‘Timely and powerful…’ — Sue Gaisford, Financial Times

‘Schüler is the perfect guide to this complex history.’ Vanora Bennett, TLS

‘A rich and rewarding read, providing a kaleidoscopic multi-layered view of Central Europe – then and now.’ —BookBlast

‘Schüler is steeped in the European tradition and Along the Amber Route deserves to join the great literature of Mitteleuropa which includes the likes of Claudio Magris’s Danube and the work of Elias Canetti.’ — Irish Examiner

‘Crisp, quirky dialogue and incisive scene-sketching […] full of incident and anecdote and the oddest facts imaginable. Pure pleasure.’ — Ian Thomson, author of The Dead Yard: Tales of Modern Jamaica

‘Artfully woven into these stories is a contemporary travelogue of his experience; a poetic memoir of his experience of constantly moving through these landscapes’ — Rachel Lichtenstein, author of Estuary and Rodinsky’s Room

‘An excellent book, and perfect holiday reading. Deeply moving.’ — Edward Biddulph, Oxford Archaeology