Tim Blanning
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A subject and servant of Europe’s most cosmopolitan empire, the composer Joseph Haydn played an important role in the emergence of German cultural nationalism during the 18th and 19th centuries, writes Tim Blanning. Published April 17 2009
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How Napoleon laid up trouble for future generations of Frenchmen by kick-starting Prussian and German domination of Eastern Europe, by Tim Blanning. Published March 31 1998
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Two new books on revolutionary France
Published December 1 1993
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Tim Blanning reviews
Published April 30 1991
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To export the Revolution's benefits across Europe was the early hope of the French - but the unenthusiastic response from the liberated peoples rapidly soured the vision. Tim Blanning chronicles that descent from optimism to realpolitik. Published April 30 1989
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