The Tragedy of Germany
by Richard M. Watt
Recommended by Paul Graham
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The Kings Depart is the definitive story of a brief, pivotal moment in human history when the course and shape of the twentieth century might have been altered. Author Richard M. Watt begins with the defeat of the Kaiser in 1918 and the convention of the Versailles conference, where Europe was to be remade. This was the time when the victorious All...
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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Books Recommended by Paul Graham, History, and Nonfiction.
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Paul Graham
Co-founder of Y Combinator; essayist
“I'm only 30 pages into Watt's The Kings Depart, but already I can tell it is a fabulous book.”
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