
Blood and Iron
The Rise and Fall of the German Empire; 1871-1918
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Narrated by:
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Natasha Soudek
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By:
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Katja Hoyer
This vivid 50-year history of Germany from 1871-1918 - which inspired events that forever changed the European continent - is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and rise to power to its calamitous defeat in the First World War.
Before 1871, Germany was not yet a nation but simply an idea.
Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring 39 individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser? How would he convince proud Prussians, Bavarians, and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France - all without destroying itself in the process?
In this unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of German Empire’s beginning to its defeat in World War I.
This often startling narrative is a dramatic tale of national self-discovery, social upheaval, and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.
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phenomenally informative, beautifully executed
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Page turner. Gorgeous narration. Incredible voice.
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Great overview of the period
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Excellent listen
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Fascinating History of a Key Period
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outstanding work.
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The narrator is just AWFUL. So ignorant she cannot even pronounce "armistice" correctly, and obviously couldn't be bothered to check how to pronounce the names even of world-famous World War I battles - Verdun, the Somme - or of German rivers correctly. But she kept getting all breathy about events in history. Obviously, if anyone 'edited' her recitation was equally uninformed or just couldn't be bothered. Will never listen to anything this narrator has wrecked again.
Useful social history; dreadful narrator
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I thoroughly enjoyed listening to the book, and I give the narrator, Natasha Soudek, special credit for her performance and correct pronunciation.
Succinct, Informative, and Enjoyable
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Excellent survey of German and European history
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