Description
Product ID: | 9780140293340 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | Iron Kingdom |
Subtitle: | The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 |
Authors: | Author: Christopher Clark |
Page Count: | 816 |
Subjects: | History, History |
Description: | Select Guide Rating With great flair and authority, the author 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. 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. |
Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2007-09-06 |