“Afterwards, if you want to move into the 19th century and Germany’s Second Reich, Katja Hoyer’s Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire, was published in the US in December”
Notable Nonfiction of Early 2022, recommended by Sophie Roell
Our most recommended books
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Namibia under German Rule
by Helmut Bley -

Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
by Tim Blanning -

Stasiland: Stories from Behind the Berlin Wall
by Anna Funder -

Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy
by Eric D. Weitz -

The Culture of Power and the Power of Culture: Old Regime Europe 1660-1789
by Tim Blanning -

Westphalia: the Last Christian Peace 1643-48
by Derek Croxton








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