The Last Kaiser: William the Impetuous

by Giles Mac Donogh (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2001

  $3.25

  Prussia's last King and Germany's last Kaiser was born in Potsdam in 1859, the son of Prince Frederick of Prussia and Princess Vicky, Queen Victoria's eldest child. William was born with a withered arm and suffered from cerebral palsy. Believed mad by some, eccentric by others, he possessed a ferocious temper, was rumoured to have sired numerous illegitimate children (and suspected of homosexual affairs) and yet appeared a prig. A power grabber who built a fleet targeted at Britain, he nevertheless idolised Queen Victoria who, he claimed, died in his arms.

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  Hardcover
  2000

  $3.25

  History has blamed Kaiser Wilhelm II for World War I, although he made real efforts to prevent it, and branded him an anti-semite, although he was written off by the Nazis as a Jew-lover . This biography takes a fresh look and finds that many of the charges against him can no longer be upheld.