Moritz Busch

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Moritz Busch

1821–1899

A sharp-eyed German publicist and travel writer, he is best remembered for the vivid books and diaries that brought Otto von Bismarck's world to life for later readers. His work blends firsthand political observation with the pace of a seasoned journalist.

4 Audiobooks

Die Mormonen, ihr Prophet, ihr Staat und ihr Glaube

Die Mormonen, ihr Prophet, ihr Staat und ihr Glaube

by Moritz Busch

Bismarck : some secret pages of his history (Vol. 1 of 3). Being a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great Chancellor

Bismarck : some secret pages of his history (Vol. 1 of 3). Being a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great Chancellor

by Moritz Busch

Bismarck : some secret pages of his history (Vol. 2 of 3). Being a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great Chancellor

Bismarck : some secret pages of his history (Vol. 2 of 3). Being a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great Chancellor

by Moritz Busch

Bismarck: some secret pages of his history (Vol. 3 of 3). Being a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great Chancellor

Bismarck: some secret pages of his history (Vol. 3 of 3). Being a diary kept by Dr. Moritz Busch during twenty-five years' official and private intercourse with the great Chancellor

by Moritz Busch

About the author

Born in Dresden in 1821, Moritz Busch studied theology and philosophy at the University of Leipzig before turning fully to journalism and literature. After earning a doctorate, he wrote for newspapers and magazines and also published travel books based on journeys in America and the eastern Mediterranean.

Busch became closely associated with the political world of Otto von Bismarck and is often remembered for recording conversations, scenes, and impressions from that circle in unusual detail. Because of those behind-the-scenes accounts, he has sometimes been described as a kind of Boswell to Bismarck.

He died in Leipzig in 1899. Today, readers interested in 19th-century Germany still turn to his work for its lively mix of reportage, memoir, and political portraiture.