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Wilhelm II: The Kaiser´s Personal Monarchy, 1888-1900
John C. G. Rohl
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Description for Wilhelm II: The Kaiser´s Personal Monarchy, 1888-1900
paperback. The most detailed account ever written of the first half of Kaiser Wilhelm II's reign. Translator(s): De Bellaigue, Sheila. Num Pages: 1306 pages, 55 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 53. Weight in Grams: 226.
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) ruled Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. This book, based on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, provides the most detailed account ever written of the first half of his reign. Following on from the author's highly acclaimed Young Wilhelm (1998), the volume demonstrates the monarch's dynastic arrogance and the wounding abuse he showered on his own people as, step by step, he built up his personal power. His thirst for glory, his overweening nationalism and militarism, and his passion ... Read more
Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941) ruled Imperial Germany from his accession in 1888 to his enforced abdication in 1918 at the end of the First World War. This book, based on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, provides the most detailed account ever written of the first half of his reign. Following on from the author's highly acclaimed Young Wilhelm (1998), the volume demonstrates the monarch's dynastic arrogance and the wounding abuse he showered on his own people as, step by step, he built up his personal power. His thirst for glory, his overweening nationalism and militarism, and his passion ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
225g
Number of Pages
1306
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107565951
SKU
V9781107565951
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About John C. G. Rohl
John C. G. Roehl is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Sussex. His many previous publications include The Kaiser and his Court (1994) which was awarded the Wolfson History Prize as well as the two other volumes of his biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II - Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888 (Cambridge, 1998) and Wilhelm II: Into ... Read more
Reviews for Wilhelm II: The Kaiser´s Personal Monarchy, 1888-1900
Review of the hardback: '... his scholarship is profound and beyond reproach. This biography of the last German Kaiser is a monument not only to its mercurial subject, but also to a highly distinctive academic career.' The Times Literary Supplement Review of the hardback: 'This biography is definitive by being exhaustive. ... This is a wonderful example of scholarship and ... Read more