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The Last Kaiser. William The Impetuous

Door Giles MacDonogh

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#272433
Titel
The Last Kaiser. William The Impetuous
Auteur
MacDonogh, Giles
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Phoenix Press
Jaar van uitgave
2000
ISBN10
1842124781
ISBN13
9781842124789
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
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.
Pagina's
532
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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