In the mid-19th century, Germany was a patchwork of independent kingdoms, duchies, and principalities bound loosely under the German Confederation. Within a few decades, this fractured landscape ...

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Dramas on this page include The White Elephant, serving up lots of functional English phrases as it follows the story of a brand new restaurant and the people who work there.