Reviews for Bismarck And The Creation Of The Second Reich

The average rating for Bismarck And The Creation Of The Second Reich based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-02-28 00:00:00 Mark Norris Further proof that I should be allowed to make my own comps lists. This is an amazing, revisionist look at the reign of Henry IV, the guy who reconverted back to Catholicism in the 1590s to save his ass and his regime. But was this wacky mofo really an "absolutist"? And what does that term really mean anyway? This work addresses this and other issues by taking a closer look at how Hank4 interacted with urban centers and elites, co-opted them, built up networks of clientele patronage in towns of the Catholic League and eventually destroyed the power of the latter crazy fucks. A very cool look at the true nature of monarchial rule and the role of urban social networks in reinforcing it. Would make a great comparative case against some Ottoman cities. Much more useful than learning about Abu Ass-Wadiyya and his 47 students in the Whafuckiyya zawiya in Nablus.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-10-16 00:00:00 Edward Mcgarigle This edition is abridged from three volumes to one of 294 pages hardback. Missing are Prescott's voluminous footnotes, details of battles and court life, and other matter of little general current interest. Prescott himself began an abridgment due to economic considerations but did not complete it. This is masterly writing of history, comparable to his histories of the conquests of the Aztecs and of the Incas, missing only some of the swashbuckling adventure appearing in those two. With her intelligence and firm dedication to her subjects, Isabella is the finest figure in this period of Spanish history, possibly the best epoch ever for the average Spaniard, despite the great stain of the Inquisition.