Iron Kingdom: Rise And Downfall Of Prussia, 1600-1947
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9780140293340
Description:
'Of the 'Great Powers' that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished ...'Iron Kingdom' is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be ...The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman to write what is sure...
'Of the 'Great Powers' that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished ...'Iron Kingdom' is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be ...The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman to write what is sure...
Description:
'Of the 'Great Powers' that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished ...'Iron Kingdom' is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be ...The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman to write what is surely the best history of Prussia in any language' - 'Sunday Telegraph'.
Prizes:
Winner of NSW Premier's History Award: General History Prize 2007.
Author Biography:
Christopher Clark is a lecturer in Modern European History at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. His previous book was a biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
'Of the 'Great Powers' that dominated Europe from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, Prussia is the only one to have vanished ...'Iron Kingdom' is not just good: it is everything a history book ought to be ...The nemesis of Prussia has cast such a long shadow that German historians have tiptoed around the subject. Thus it was left to an Englishman to write what is surely the best history of Prussia in any language' - 'Sunday Telegraph'.
Prizes:
Winner of NSW Premier's History Award: General History Prize 2007.
Author Biography:
Christopher Clark is a lecturer in Modern European History at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. His previous book was a biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
| Autor | Clark, Christopher |
|---|---|
| Ilmumisaeg | 2007 |
| Kirjastus | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Köide | Pehmekaaneline |
| Bestseller | Ei |
| Lehekülgede arv | 816 |
| Pikkus | 198 |
| Laius | 198 |
| Keel | English |
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