Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947
Sep 2007 · Penguin UK
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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.
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.
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.
'Fascinating ... masterly ... littered with intriguing detail and wry observation' Richard Overy, Daily Telegraph
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.
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.
'Fascinating ... masterly ... littered with intriguing detail and wry observation' Richard Overy, Daily Telegraph
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4.3
17 reviews
Michael Giorgis
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June 28, 2016
I will definitely need to reread the more saturated and drier parts of this book. But overall, I have learned a lot from this book about the grievously misrepresented Prussia, about the emergence of Germany, and about the relations between the great continental powers of the early modern period. I've also picked up a lot of topics for future reading that I am grateful for not being crammed into this book.
A Google user
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March 14, 2019
This is a good book, although sometimes discussions about philosophy in Prussia is a bit boring.
Kenenbek Arzymatov
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January 24, 2015
I have been despaired by this price.
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About the author
Christopher Clark is a lecturer in Modern European History at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge University. His previous book was a biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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