{"product_id":"iron-kingdom-the-rise-and-downfall-of-prussia-1600-1947","title":"Iron Kingdom : The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Wolfson History Prize, Christopher Clark's Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947 is a compelling account of a country that played a pivotal role in Europe's fortunes and fundamentally shaped our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      Prussia began as a medieval backwater, but transformed itself into a major European power and the force behind the creation of the German empire, until it was finally abolished by the Allies after the Second World War. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      With great flair and authority, Christopher Clark describes Prussia's great battles, dynastic marriages and astonishing reversals of fortune, its brilliant and charismatic leaders from the Hohenzollerns of Brandenburg to Bismarck and Frederick the Great, the military machine and the progressive, enlightened values on which it was built.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      'Fascinating ... masterly ... littered with intriguing detail and wry observation'\u003cbr\u003e                      Richard Overy, Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      'A terrific book ... the definitive history of this much-maligned state'\u003cbr\u003e                      Daily Telegraph Books of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      'You couldn't have the triumph and the tragedy of Prussia better told'\u003cbr\u003e                      Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      'A magisterial history of Europe's only extinct power'\u003cbr\u003e                      Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      'Exemplary ... an illuminating, profoundly satisfying work of history'\u003cbr\u003e                      The New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                      Christopher Clark is a lecturer in Modern European History at St Catharine's College, University of Cambridge. He is also the author of Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Christopher Clark\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: 816\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 01 Jan 2008\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":39717726126161,"sku":"DD389","price":17.84,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":39717726158929,"sku":"DD389","price":14.27,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":39717726191697,"sku":"DD389","price":12.84,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":39717726224465,"sku":"DD389","price":11.42,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/products\/9780140293340.jpg?v=1717767499","url":"https:\/\/thryft.asia\/products\/iron-kingdom-the-rise-and-downfall-of-prussia-1600-1947","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}