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George Young
1872–1952
A restless diplomat and sharp-eyed traveler, he turned years in the Balkans and the Ottoman world into lively books on politics, history, and national identity. His work blends firsthand experience with a reporter’s feel for the big changes reshaping Europe in the early 20th century.
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The New Germany
by George Young
About the author
Born in 1872, Sir George Young, 4th Baronet, was a British diplomat, journalist, and author whose writing grew out of deep experience abroad. He studied in France, Germany, and Russia, entered the diplomatic service in the early 1900s, and spent important years in places including Constantinople and the Balkans.
Young wrote widely on European politics and the Near East. His books include Nationalism and War in the Near East, The New Germany, and works on Portugal, reflecting a strong interest in how nations, empires, and identities were changing around him. He was known for combining close observation with an accessible, informed style.
He died in 1952. Today he is remembered less as a novelist than as an unusually well-placed interpreter of European affairs during a turbulent period, especially for readers interested in diplomacy, history, and the world around the Ottoman Empire.