Iron Kingdom

Who recommended it

1. 

   Norman Davies British historian

   Explicit recommendation

   One of five picks in the 2016 Five Books interview “The best books on Europe’s Vanished States”.

   Listed in the source as “Iron Kingdom: the Rise and Downfall of Prussia 1600-1947”.

   The best books on Europe’s Vanished States↗ Interviewfivebooks.com Five Books · 23 Aug 2016 · checked 12 Nov 2026

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