> >I once read a biography of Eva Braun (Hitler's mistress), and that was fascinating. I suppose the book is much more interesting if you are fascinated with World War II, though.
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> > Ell"I guess I wasn't much help"myruh
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> On a related note, can anyone recommend a book on the history of Germany in the middle ages? It seems like every book on Germany in the history section of every bookstore is all about World War Two. Call me silly, but I suspect that the history of Germany didn't just begin in 1937.

It didn't begin too far before World War I, though - until sometime in the late nineteenth century, the country was known as Prussia. Try searching for that, and you'll have better luck. :-}

Oh, but, as for the middle ages, there wasn't a unified Germany. After Charlemagne came along there was a Holy Roman Empire (which was actually none of the three, interestingly enough), but that was really nothing but a collection of city-states anyhow.