Throne-Makers

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This fascinating book chronicles a group of individuals who the author, William Roscoe Thayer, describes as 'Throne-Makers'. According to Thayer, these are people who are responsible for changing the structure of a country to such an extent that their influence reverberates for generations to come, even as they themselves remain mostly away from the highest position in office. Of the many names in history who have taken up the duty, he highlighted the following names in particular: Otto von Bismarck, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Napoleon III, and Lajos Kossuth.

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