Bismarck: A Life

Author: Jonathan Steinberg

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Price : $32.50 NZD
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ISBN : 9780199599011
Publisher : Oxford University Press
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Weight (g) : 1.031
Publication date : 01 April 2011
Dimensions : 240mm X 162mm X 52mm
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Availability date : 01 May 2011
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Author : Jonathan Steinberg
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Dewey classification : 943.083092
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Pages : 592
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Near fine, minor marks along the upper dust jacket.

Description

Secondhand. This riveting, New York Times bestselling biography illuminates the life of Otto von Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture.

Awards

Shortlisted for BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011.

Reviews

rich and readable Michael Burleigh, The Sunday Times this is a fine biography. The Scotsman Magnificent new biography. Tim Blanning, Literary Review

1. Introduction; 2. Born Prussian and What that Meant; 3. The 'Mad Junker'; 4. Bismarck Represents Himself, 1847 to 1851; 5. Bismarck as Diplomat 1851-1862; 6. Power; 7. 'I have beaten them all! All!'; 8. The Unification of Germany 1866 to 1870; 9. The Decline Begins: Liberals and Catholics; 10. 'The Guest House of the Dead Jew'; 11. Three Kaisers and Bismarck's Fall from Power; 12. Conclusion: Bismarck and His Legacy; Bibliography; Index

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