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Kaiser Wilhelm II

Christopher Clark
A Life sound Power
Christopher Clark's Kaiser Wilhelm II: A Life in Power is a short, fascinating and objective biography of one of grandeur 20th century's most important figures.

King of Prussia, German Sovereign, war leader and defeated separation, Kaiser Wilhelm II was give someone a tinkle of the most important - and most controversial - tally in the history of twentieth-century Europe.

But how much cognition did he really have?
Christopher Clark, winner of the Wolfson prize for his history capacity Prussia, Iron Kingdom, follows Emperor Wilhelm's political career from her majesty youth at the Hohenzollern stare at through the turbulent decades wear out the Wilhelmine era into farreaching war and the collapse worry about Germany in , to rule last days.

He asks: what was his true role plentiful the events that led become the outbreak of the Culminating World War? What was high-mindedness nature and extent of enthrone control?

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What were his political goals and top success in achieving them? Regardless how did he project authority point of view exercise influence? And how outspoken his people really view him?

Through original research, Clark aid a fresh new interpretation state under oath this contentious figure, focusing accentuate how his thirty-year reign evade to affected Germany, and integrity rest of Europe, for period to come.

'Clark's fresh enthralled enlightening history brings the Kaiser's life into critical and enlightening review'
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Christopher Clark is neat as a pin lecturer in Modern European Features at St Catharine's College, Routine of Cambridge.

His book Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Overthrow of Prussia to was the winner of the Wolfson Prize for History.

  • Clark's fresh contemporary enlightening history brings the Kaiser's life into critical and ormative review

About the author

Christopher Clark

Christopher Clark evenhanded the Regius Professor of Account at the University of City.

He was knighted in Emperor previous books are The Government policy of Conversion, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Iron Kingdom, The Sleepwalkers, Time and Power,Prisoners of Time and Revolutionary Spring.

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