July 25, 2025 • 23 mins
In this concise yet comprehensive Little Blue Book #142, esteemed Oxford historian, Sir F.M. Powicke, takes listeners on a captivating journey through Germanys political past, from the Middle Ages to the present. The saga reaches its climax with the intriguing life and accomplishments of Otto von Bismarck, the astute Prussian Junker who skillfully engineered Germanys unification and became its inaugural Chancellor.
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