This rich and compelling volume describes the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II from his birth in 1859 to his accession to the Prusso-German throne in 1888, a story so extraordinary that it will fascinate anyone interested in the psychology and the throng of personalities of the period.
This rich and compelling volume describes the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II from his birth in 1859 to his accession to the Prusso-German throne in 1888, a story so extraordinary that it will fascinate anyone interested in the psychology and the throng of personalities of the period.
John C. G. Röhl 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 - Wilhelm II: The Kaiser's Personal Monarchy, 1888-1900 (Cambridge, 2004), which have won the Einhard Prize for the biography of a major European figure in 2012, and Wilhelm II: Into the Abyss of War and Exile, 1900-1941 (2014).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface to the English edition Introduction 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 in 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. 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 21. The crown prince's nightmares 22. The gradual seizure of power 23. Waldersee and the world conflagration 24. The edge of darkness: the crown prince on the eve of catastrophe 25. The flight of the crown prince in the face of death 26. Prince Wilhelm and Queen Victoria's Jubilee 27. Crisis in San Remo 28. The Stoecker meeting and the break with the Bismarcks 29. Prince Wilhelm and the war party 30. Preparing for power 31. The macabre race for the throne 32. Impotence and agony Notes List of archival sources List of books cited Index.
Preface to the English edition Introduction 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 in 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. 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 21. The crown prince's nightmares 22. The gradual seizure of power 23. Waldersee and the world conflagration 24. The edge of darkness: the crown prince on the eve of catastrophe 25. The flight of the crown prince in the face of death 26. Prince Wilhelm and Queen Victoria's Jubilee 27. Crisis in San Remo 28. The Stoecker meeting and the break with the Bismarcks 29. Prince Wilhelm and the war party 30. Preparing for power 31. The macabre race for the throne 32. Impotence and agony Notes List of archival sources List of books cited Index.
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