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

Westphalia: the Last Christian Peace 1643-48
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The Artificial Silk Girl
by Irmgard Keun & translated by Kathie von Ankum -

Frederick the Great: A Military Life
by Christopher Duffy -

Monro, His expedition with the worthy Scots regiment (called Mac-Keyes-regiment) levied in August 1626
by Robert Monro -

The Spider's Web
by Joseph Roth








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