"Bismarck: Some Secret Pages of His History" by Moritz Busch offers a fascinating glimpse into the life and political maneuvers of Otto von Bismarck, the architect of modern Germany. Busch, who was a close associate of Bismarck, provides firsthand accounts and insights that reveal the complexities of Bismarck's character and his strategic brilliance. The narrative is rich with anecdotes and observations that illuminate the political landscape of 19th-century Europe, making it an essential ...

Moritz Busch, a German journalist, theologian, and participant in the Revolution of 1848, proved himself both an accurate observer and a sensitive interpreter of American life in the mid-nineteenth century. His charming and richly detailed account has been translated into English for the first time. Not only an outstanding travel account, it proves to be a lode of background material that will be valued by the general reader, historians, political scientists, sociologists, and other schola...