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Before 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea. Otto von Bismarck had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine indiv...

''The best biography of the Second Reich in years ... It will undoubtedly become the essential account of this vitally important part of European h...

AN INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERCHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES * SUNDAY TIMES * TELEGRAPH * SPECTATOR * PROSPECT'Utterly brilliant . ....

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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Utterly brilliant . . . Authoritative, lively and profoundly human, it is essential reading for anyone seeking ...