In the vein of Notorious RBG a fun and inspiring biography filled with lessons from the most
powerful woman in the world based on more than a decade’s worth of coverage of German
Chancellor Angela Merkel from New York Times Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy. Angela Merkel
is a boss. A trailblazer. An icon of colorful suits. Formerly the new leader of the free world.
With an entire hand gesture named after her (the “Merkel Diamond”) and celebrated in a viral
meme for sparring with Trump Angela Merkel spent a decade economically and politically
revitalizing her country. The first woman chancellor of Germany and one of the longest-serving
European leaders ever Merkel’s quiet resolve calculated confidence and extreme privacy
around her personal life have made her a feminist role model for the ages. Merkel’s Law is a
revelatory look at an unlikely vanguard and at the country she led for sixteen years. No one
is better positioned than New York Times Berlin correspondent Melissa Eddy to pull back the
curtain on the woman who engineered Germany’s rise to wealth power and an economy worth 3.8
trillion in USD. Drawing upon an unparalleled well of sources close to Merkel Merkel’s Law
traces her childhood in East Germany as the daughter of a clergyman her meteoric rise to power
and her more recent public acclaim—as well as the numerous setbacks she faced along the way
both from political rivals and from men in her own party who scoffed at her ambition. Painting
a portrait of a political genius savvy businesswoman and model for modern power Merkel’s Law
is not only the story of her life but the lessons we can learn from it.
