Wilhelm II 3 Volume Paperback Set by John C.G. Röhl - ISBN: 9781316505106
Book & Merchandise
The books chart the Kaiser’s early life, his attempts to transform the German Reich into the foremost global power, and his central role in the origins of the Great War.

Wilhelm II 3 Volume Paperback Set

  • Book & Merchandise

    3884 pages

  • Release Date

    30 March 2017

Summary

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. These three acclaimed books provide the most detailed account ever written of his reign. In Volume 1, on the Kaiser’s early life, John Röhl charts the bitter conflict between the handicapped prince and his liberal parents, and the utter failure of attempts to turn the young prince into a liberal Anglophile. Volume 2 shows how Wilhelm’s thirst fo…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781316505106
ISBN-10:1316505103
Author:John C.G. Röhl
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Imprint:Cambridge University Press
Format:Book & Merchandise
Number of Pages:3884
Release Date:30 March 2017
Weight:6.70kg
Dimensions:252mm x 208mm x 309mm
About The Author

John C.G. Röhl

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 previous volumes of his biography of Kaiser Wilhelm II – Young Wilhelm: The Kaiser’s Early Life, 1859–1888 (Cambridge, 1998) and 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.

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