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Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire

by Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke

Despite its brevity, this Little Blue Book by the Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, provides a valuable overview of the political history of Germany from medieval to modern times, culminating in the career of Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), the Prussian Junker who masterminded the unification of Germany and served as its first Chancellor.

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English

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English

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1914

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Biography

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History Autobiography Empire political Life Modern Origin

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Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke was an English medieval historian. He was a Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, a professor at Queen's University, Belfast and Manchester, and from 1928 until his retiremen...

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