Translated from German. In four parts. Moscow Publishing house of bookseller Presnov. 1874. 564 p. Hardcover. Enlarged format. It is not words that solve the great modern questions, but iron and blood - as Otto von Bismarck formulated the basic principle of Prussian foreign policy in the early sixties of the XIX century. Guided by this postulate of the Iron Chancellor, the unification of the German lands began. The bitter confrontation between Berlin and Vienna is narrated by the novel For the Scepter and the Crown, which opens a series of books about the fate of the great powers of Europe. On the pages of this large-scale action canvas, the largest historical figures of the era pass before us: Bismarck and King Wilhelm of Prussia, the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and the French Emperor Napoleon III, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire, Prince Gorchakov and many others. The duel of the will and insidious intrigues, the brilliance of diplomatic salons and the powder smoke of battles, the glory and rock of world history come to life under the pen of the German Dumas - Gregor Samarov.