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A Duel of Giants: Bismarck, Napoleon III, and the Origins of the Franco-Prussian War

Combining impeccable scholarship and literary elegance, David Wetzel depicts the drama of machinations and passions that exploded in a war that forever changed the face of European history.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 264 pages

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