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Blood and Iron

The Rise and Fall of the German Empire; 1871-1918

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Blood and Iron

Written by: Katja Hoyer
Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
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This vivid 50-year history of Germany from 1871-1918 - which inspired events that forever changed the European continent - is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and rise to power to its calamitous defeat in the First World War.

Before 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea.

Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring 39 individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser? How would he convince proud Prussians, Bavarians, and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France - all without destroying itself in the process?

In this unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of German Empire’s beginning to its defeat in World War I.

This often startling narrative is a dramatic tale of national self-discovery, social upheaval, and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.

©2021 Katja Hoyer (P)2021 Blackstone Publishing 19th Century Germany Wars & Conflicts Military War Hungary German Empire History
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Iron and blood

Awesome reading. Definitely loved it very much. Told in a fashion that is very pleasing

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