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The Juggler

Nineteenth century Europe was a game of two halves or, better, a game of two men: the Emperor Napoleon, who dominated the first, and Otto von Bismarck, who dominated the second.

Jonathan Steinberg's new biography of Bismarck shows, Wilhelmine Germany did it with ease.

If anything Bismarck was the more important of the two, creating not just a new Germany but a new Europe, with a legacy that extended well into the twentieth century. He was the greater because he was the more cunning; the lesser because his vision was considerably more limited.

In some ways Bismarck was the best statesman Germany ever had; in other ways the worst.

The paradox of the Iron Chancellor is superbly explored by Jonathan Steinberg in Bismarck: A Life, published earlier this year.

This is the life story of one of the most interesting human beings who ever lived.

This is the life story of one of the most interesting human beings who ever lived.

In this gripping New York Times bestselling biography, Jonathan Steinberg delves into the life of Otto von Bismarck, the formidable architect of German.

I know the names of others without whom I could not have written this biography.

This riveting, New York Times bestselling biography illuminates the life of Otto von Bismarck, the statesman who unified Germany but who also embodied.

Bismarck made Germany into Europe's most powerful country—and permanently poisoned its politics.

Given his importance it’s remarkable how little attention he has achieved in the English-speaking world, obsessed, as it is, with Hitler. The only other study that I have read is Alan Palmer’s Bismarck, a dated and not terribly satisfactory biography.

Steinberg makes up