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Europe's Tragedy by Peter H. Wilson
Category: History
The horrific series of conflicts known as the Thirty Years War (1618-48) tore the heart out of Europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to whole areas of Central Europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered. All the major European powers apart from Russia ...Show more
Heart of Europe - A History of the Holy Roman Empire by Peter H Wilson
Category: History
The Holy Roman Empire lasted a thousand years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire quipped that it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter H. Wilson shows, the Holy Roman Empire tells a millennial story of Europe bet ...Show more
Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-speaking Peoples Since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson
Category: History
Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and absorbing book, encompassing five centuries of political, military, technological and economic change to tell the story of the German-speaking lands, from the Rhine to the Balkan frontier, from Switzerland to the North Sea. Wilson's narrative considers every ...Show more
Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-speaking Peoples Since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson
Category: History
From the acclaimed author of Europe's Tragedy and The Holy Roman Empire, a powerful account of German-speaking Europe through five centuries of military historyFor most of its existence German-speaking Europe has been splintered into innumerable states - some substantial (such as Austria and Prussia) an ...Show more
The Holy Roman Empire: A Thousand Years of Europe's History by Peter H. Wilson
Category: History
'Hugely impressive...Wilson is an assured guide through the millennium-long labyrinth of papal-imperial relations' Literary Review A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of ...Show more
The Holy Roman Empire A Thousand Years of Europe's History by Peter H. Wilson
Category: History
A great, sprawling, ancient and unique entity, the Holy Roman Empire, from its founding by Charlemagne to its destruction by Napoleon a millennium later, formed the heart of Europe. It was a great engine for inventions and ideas, it was the origin of many modern European states, from Germany to the Czec ...Show more
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