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Kaiser Bill! A New Look at Imperial Germany's Last Emperor, Wilhelm II 1859-1941

Door Blaine Taylor

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#298175
Titel
Kaiser Bill! A New Look at Imperial Germany's Last Emperor, Wilhelm II 1859-1941
Auteur
Taylor, Blaine
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Fonthill
Jaar van uitgave
2014
ISBN10
1781550018
ISBN13
9781781550014
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
 "Wilhelm II (27 January 1959-4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia. He was the eldest grandson of Queen Victoria and related to many monarchs and princes of Europe. Wilhelm became monarch in 1888 and ruled in peace for twenty-five years. Wilhelm's father had been the hero of three wars and his mother the Princess Royal of Great Britain. When his father died prematurely of throat cancer, Wilhelm succeeded him at age twenty-nine and became the icon of the new 'Wilhelminian' age. Germany excelled in commerce, agriculture, trade, science, cars, the arts, and medicine. Already having Continental Europe's greatest army, Wilhelm set about winning world power via overseas colonies and the building of vast Imperial High Seas Fleet that rivaled Britain's. Eventually, he ... (Lees verder)was defeated by the combined forces of the UK, France, Russia and latterly the USA, and driven into exile by the red revolution. This is a fresh look at a much maligned figure, including his relationships with Bismarck, Hindenburg, Tirpitz, King Edward VII and Tsar Nicholas II, all on the precipice of global change. Was Wilhelm a visionary, a fool, or both?" --from flap.
Pagina's
160
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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