Iron Kingdom : The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 Condition:Like New [White's] marriage of lawyerly acumen

[White's] marriage of lawyerly acumen and classically trained literary sensibility—equally evident in his earlier work

twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament

these stories exhibit his ability to transform the full range of human experience in ways that are instructive

With a little help from her notoriously cantankerous grandfather

Iron Kingdom : The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947 Condition:Like New [White's] marriage of lawyerly acumenWinner of the Wolfson History Prize, Christopher Clark's Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600 1947 is a compelling account of a country that played a pivotal role in Europe's fortunes and fundamentally shaped our world. Prussia began as a medieval backwater, but transformed itself into a major European power and the force behind the creation of the German empire, until it was finally abolished by the Allies after the Second World War.