The Battle of Iron Chancellors: Miniatures

In one of the masterpieces of historical prose by Valentin Pikul – the novel "The Battle of Iron Chancellors" – the complex picture of Russo-German relations during the acute European political crises of the 1850s to 1870s is reflected, when Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Gorchakov and Otto Bismarck were chancellors on opposite sides. The book also includes the author's wonderful miniatures about diplomats and diplomatic relations.