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| Genre/Form: | Biographie 1859-1888 Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | William, German Emperor; Wilhelm, Emperor of Germany; Kaiser II ) Wilhelm (Deutsches Reich; Guillaume, (empereur d'Allemagne ;; Guillaume, (empereur d'Allemagne ;; Guillaume, 2 ; Empereur d'Allemagne) |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
John C G Röhl |
| ISBN: | 0521497523 9780521497527 |
| OCLC Number: | 38573415 |
| Description: | xxv, 979 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface to the German edition -- 1. Birth trauma: 'It's alive and it's a prince!' -- 2. Disorder and early sorrow -- 3. Ambivalent motherhood -- 4. An English princess at the Prussian court -- 5. Blood and history -- 6. Education fit for a king -- 7. The Doctor -- 8. Trials and tribulations -- 9. Experiment at Kassel -- 10. Spring dreams and awakening -- 11. Coming of age -- 12. The Student Prince -- 13. A question of balance: the inner-ear illness of Kaiser Wilhelm II -- 14. Cabal and love -- 15. The estrangement -- 16. Politics -- 17. First steps in foreign affairs: Prince Wilhelm between England and Russia -- 18. Eros and Austria -- 19. 'W.W.W.': Wilhelm-Wedel-Waldersee -- 20. Prince Wilhelm and the Battenberg conspiracy |
| Other Titles: | Wilhelm II. |
| Responsibility: | John C.G. Röhl ; translated by Jeremy Gaines and Rebecca Wallach. |
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'It is a masterpiece ... enthrallingly readable.' Niall Ferguson, The Sunday Times 'Rohl's biography is a stunning achievement by any yardstick, a definitive work which breaks new ground.' The Times Higher Education Supplement '... gracefully written, compulsively readable.' James J. Sheehan, The Times Literary Supplement ' ... the definitive biography of Germany's last Emperor. No other scholar has Rohl's command of the sources or his deep commitment to understanding Wilhelm's place in history'. James J. Sheehan, The Times Literary Supplement '... a masterpiece ... shows just how compelling and how readable academic history can be.' Charlotte Zeepvat, Royalty Digest '... Rohl tells a morbidly fascinating story will skill and impeccable scholarship.' The Court Historian 'The morbid charm of Europe's high nobility has evidently cast its spell over the author. Not only their love affairs but also their illnesses exert a quite irresistible attraction ... His account of the Crown Prince's fatal illness of cancer of the larynx, which dominates the last 200 pages of the book ... must be the most exact medical record ever written by a historian.' Volker Ulrich, Die Zeit 'It is unlikely that another biography of Wilhelm II will ever surpass the level of detail or the depth of archival knowledge Rohl has achieved.' Isabel V. Hull, Journal of Modern History 'John Rohl's work has grown far beyond the compass of a biography, and comes close to becoming the portrait of an epoch.' Wolf Jobst Siedler, Tagesspiegel, Berlin 'John Rohl's account ... contains some of the most monstrous material of modern history. And since the details of this material are for the most part new, brought to light after years of research in previously closed archives, its publication must be regarded as an important event in historical scholarship.' Gustav Seibt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Read more...
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- William -- II, -- German Emperor, -- 1859-1941.
- Germany -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
- Germany -- History -- William I, 1871-1888.
- Wilhelm -- II, -- Emperor of Germany, -- 1859-1941.
- Wilhelm (Deutsches Reich, Kaiser, II.)
- Guillaume -- I -- (empereur d'Allemagne ; -- 1797-1888).
- Guillaume -- II -- (empereur d'Allemagne ; -- 1859-1941).
- Guillaume -- (1859-1941; -- 2 ; Empereur d'Allemagne) -- enfance et jeunesse.
- Allemagne -- 1871-1888 (Guillaume I).
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