Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman - Brossura

Taylor, Alan John Percivale

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ISBN 10: 0394703871 ISBN 13: 9780394703879

Casa editrice: Vintage Books, 1975

Riassunto

A life story of Bismark which analyzes his policies and character by the standards of his time

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L'autore:

A(lan) J(ohn) P(ercival) Taylor, fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, was born in 1906 in Southport, Lancashire, England. Educated at Oxford and Vienna University, he was from 1930 to 1938 a lecturer in history at Manchester University. While he was at Manchester, Taylor published The Italian Problem in European Diplomacy, 1847–49 and Germany’s First Bid for Colonies, 1884–85. In 1938 he became a fellow of Magdalen College. He was Ford’s Lecturer in English history at Oxford in 1956 and Leslie Stephen Lecturer at Cambridge in 1961, and was a fellow of the British Academy. The Habsburg Monarchy, 1809–1918 was published in 1948. He was also the author of The Course of German History; From Napoleon to Stalin; Rumours of War; The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848–1918; Politics in Wartime and Other Essays; and Origins of the Second World War. He was a regular contributor to the New Statesman and the Manchester Guardian. Taylor passed away in 1990.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

on of Bismarck's motives and methods, focusing on the chancellor's rise to power in the 1860's and his removal from office in 1890.

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• Editore: Vintage Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1975
• ISBN 10: 0394703871
• ISBN 13: 9780394703879
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile