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A Brief History of Germany

Jeremy Black

The history of Germany is intricately woven. Threaded in time through its struggles and triumphs with religion industrialisation enlightenment politics unification and war.

In A Brief History of Germany Jeremy Black questions how the Germany we know today came to be chronicling the events that shaped its past present and future in a fascinating new way.

From the fall of Rome in the 1500s to the enlightenment in the 1700s from World War I and World War II to Germany post-unification Black's writing will unlock the places and people that formed Germany and enrich your visit with stories of its society and culture.

Concise yet explorative A Brief History of Germany is an astonishing work from a renowned UK historian. Whether you are a long-term reader of Black's expansive history work or are interested in learning more ahead of a short city break or longer trip this intriguing look at the history of Germany is an essential read.

Jeremy Black

Jeremy Black is a British historian, writer and former Professor of History at the University of Exeter. As the author of over 180 books, his work adds up to the most sustained presentation of British history in recent decades. He is a major exponent of military, diplomatic and cartographic history and has been important in helping the British to look at their past, as well as in representing British history to foreign audiences. He is a senior fellow at the Center for the Study of America and the West at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia, US.

A Brief History of Germany

Jeremy Black

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