I know very little of this time period and would appreciate some recommendations.
>>7699999
Fuck.
>>7699999
Iron Kingdom by Chris Clark, it's a general history of Prussia but its based as fuck. Go read it.
>>7699999
I don't know too much either, but go check Maupassant and La Dernière Classe by Alphonse Daudet.
>>7699999
Do you want fiction or history? Boule de Suif springs to mind.
>>7699999
wikipedia articles usually have a few literary recommendations, it's always a good start if /lit/ can't help you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Prussian_War#Further_reading
The Fall of Paris by Alistair Horne
has some background on the war but mostly concentrates on the siege of Paris and The Paris Commune
Boule de Suif by Maupassant
L'Année terrible by Hugo
Sac au dos by Huysmans
And some poems of Rimbaud
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witnessed
