Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947
5 best books like Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600–1947 (Christopher Clark): Napoleon: A Life, Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia, Russia Against Napoleon: The Battle for Europe, 1807 to 1814, The Pursuit of Glory: Europe 1648-1815, Bismarck: A Life
| Author | Andrew Roberts |
| ISBN | 0670025321 |
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War—winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon
Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest...
Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia
| Author | Michael Korda |
| ISBN | 0061712612 |
T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) first won fame for his writings and his participation in the British-sponsored Arab Revolt of WWI, but the adventurer known even in his day as "Lawrence of Arabia" is remembered today mostly as the subject of the 1962 film masterpiece based on his life. This splendid page-turner...
| Author | Dominic Lieven |
| ISBN | 0713996374 |
Tho much has been written about Napoleon's doomed invasion of Russia & the collapse of the French Empire that ensued, virtually all of it has been from the Western perspective. Now, taking advantage of never- before-seen documents from the Russian archives, Lieven upends much of the conventional...
| Author | Timothy C.W. Blanning |
| ISBN | 0670063207 |
The Pursuit of Glory brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in European history from the battered, introvert continent after the Thirty Years War to the dynamic one that experienced the French Revolution and the wars of Napoleon. Tim Blanning depicts the lives of ordinary people and the...
| Author | Jonathan Steinberg |
| ISBN | 0199782520 |
This riveting, New York Times bestselling biography illuminates the life of Otto von Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied everything brutal and ruthless about Prussian culture.
Jonathan Steinberg draws heavily on contemporary writings, allowing Bismarck's...
