I was very disappointed in this book. Given the fact that I'm about 75% German, I know my fair share of 'modern history' so to speak; in middle and high school I devoured every book about WWII and the Holocaust that I could and would consider myself an expert in that area. But now when I wanted to learn more about medieval Germany, this book gave me a paltry 13 pages. Definitely not enough, considering how much was devoted to 1900-onward. If, like me, the medieval period in Germany is what you're especially interested in, I recommend looking elsewhere.