But in this landmark biography, the first to make use of state and family papers, Wolfram Siemann paints a fundamentally new image of the man, revealing him to be more forward-looking and nimble than we have ever recognized. was an intellectual in politics of a kind now rare."-Christopher Clark, London Review of Books "Succeed in forcing readers to wonder whether Metternich's efforts to defend an essentially conservative order against populists and terrorists are so different from the struggles that liberal democracies face today."-Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs Metternich is often portrayed as the epitome of reactionary conservatism, a ruthless aristocrat who used his power to stifle liberalism and oppose the dreams of social change that inspired the revolutionaries of 1848. "A superb biographical portrait and work of historical analysis.Let us hope that it will serve if not as a manual then at least as an inspiration-good statesmanship is needed more than ever."-Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal "Brilliantly refreshes our understanding of Metternich and his era.
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The HBO series, which follows aging billionaire media titan Logan Roy and his four children as they vie for a place in their hard-to-please father’s Waystar Royco empire, became a powerful meditation on family dynasties. In its four seasons on air, Succession cemented its place as one of the TV greats. Paver has written a similar book to this one called Thin Air, cold snowy horror, ghosts & isolation etc, so I was worried this one would feel too samey for me to really appreciate it, but boy was I wrong! Quite literally the perfect horror story for me! This book was absolutely terrific and a genuinely scary ghost story that I loved from page one. Something walks there in the dark… Review Soon Jack will see the last of the sun, the sea will freeze and escape will be impossible.Īnd Jack is not alone. One by one, his companions are forced to leave. As night returns to claim the land, Jack feels a creeping unease. 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