Lives & Memoirs
Bismarck and the Origin of the German Empire
Sir Frederick Maurice Powicke
2026
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Germany did not exist, and then a Prussian squire made it exist in eight years. This is the English verdict: the diplomacy behind Schleswig, Austria and France, the war manufactured with an edited telegram, and an empire proclaimed inside the French king's own palace at Versailles, examined by a historian with no particular reason to be impressed.
Inside this audiobook
7 chapters
- 1Prefatory Note3m
- 2Ch. 1: Bismarck11m
- 3Ch. 2: Some Political Terms21m
- 4Ch. 3: Germany24m
- 5Ch. 4: Prussia and the Revolution of 184826m
- 6Ch. 5: King William and Bismarck40m
- 7Ch. 6: The Creation of the Empire47m
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