![]() He is also the author of Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power. an illuminating, profoundly satisfying work of history'Ĭhristopher Clark is a lecturer in Modern European History at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. 'A magisterial history of Europe's only extinct power' 'You couldn't have the triumph and the tragedy of Prussia better told' the definitive history of this much-maligned state' ![]() littered with intriguing detail and wry observation' ![]() ![]() With great flair and authority, Christopher Clark describes Prussia's great battles, dynastic marriages and astonishing reversals of fortune, its brilliant and charismatic leaders from the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg to Bismarck and Frederick the Great, the military machine and the progressive, enlightened values on which it was built. Prussia began as a medieval backwater, but transformed itself into a major European power and the force behind the creation of the German empire, until it was finally abolished by the Allies after the Second World War. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, Christopher Clark's Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 is a compelling account of a country that played a pivotal role in Europe's fortunes and fundamentally shaped our world. In this epic volume, Christopher Clark enriches classic scholarship with the most recent findings to write Prussias 500-year story from its unpromising Brandenburg origins through its manipulation by the Nazis and final dissolution by the postwar Allies as the byword for German aggression. ![]()
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