Bismarck (Routledge Historical Biographies)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: August 2, 2002
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780415216142
First sentence: Prussia was Bismarck's country and it was he who transformed it into the German Reich.
Description: "Bismarck was arguably the most important figure in nineteenth-century European history after 1815. In this new biography, Edgar Feuchtwanger reassesses Bismarck's significance as a historical figure. He traces his development from a typical Junker, a reactionary and conservative, into the white revolutionary who recast European affairs more drastically than anyone since Napoleon. Feuchtwanger's lucid account demythologizes the German leader without demonizing him. This book leaves the reader with a strongly-etched portrait of one of the decisive makers of the modern world."--Jacket.