The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political

"The Life of Bismarck, Private and Political" is a biographical book on the life of the famous German Chancellor and diplomat Otto Von Bismarck. From his origins in the upper class of Junker landowners, Bismarck rose rapidly in Prussian politics, and from 1862 to 1890 he was the minister president and foreign minister of Prussia. Before his rise to the executive, he was the Prussian ambassador to Russia and France and served in both houses of the Prussian Parliament. He masterminded the unification of Germany in 1871 and served as the first Chancellor of the German Empire until 1890, in which capacity he dominated European affairs. The book gives a personal look at the man, his childhood and the experiences that shaped the man and the politics.