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The End of the German Monarchy: The Decline and Fall of the Hohenzollerns
Contributor(s): Van Der Kiste, John (Author)
ISBN: 1781556369     ISBN-13: 9781781556368
Publisher: Fonthill Media
OUR PRICE:   $29.66  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: November 2017
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- Biography & Autobiography | Royalty
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (1.20 lbs) 208 pages
 
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By the autumn of 1918 Germany was on the verge of starvation--the result of four years of war and blockade. Sailors led a revolt in Wilhelmshaven on 29 October 1918, followed by the Kiel mutiny in the first days of November cascading eventually to Germany's capitulation and the Kaiser's abdication. The Hohelzollern family's rule had come to an end.

Royalty historian John Van der Kiste, the author of the recent best-selling 'Prussian Princesses' here provides a full analysis of the Kaiser's family heritage, his leading part in the Prussian militarism which in recently unified German led to a full national martial tradition simply bursting for a fight. The book also tells of the vital events in later 1918 which led to the partial and then full abdication, and the Kaiser's pitiful escape to the neutral Netherlands, unwilling hosts for a somewhat unwelcome visitor.

The Third Reich also comes into play with Hitler's initial ambivalent attitude, and then the full floral tribute after the Kaiser's death. It also covers the anti-Hitler plotters who intended to use a Hohenzollern Prince as a figurehead to provide legitimacy to a post-Hitler Germany.

Contributor Bio(s): Van Der Kiste, John: - John Van der Kiste has published over forty books including works on royal and historical biography, local history, true crime, music and fiction, and is a contributor to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. His previous titles include Queen Victoria's Children, Kaiser Wilhelm II and The Romanovs: Tsar Alexander II of Russia and his Family and 'Alfred--Queen Victoria's Second Son' and 'Prussian Princesses' for Fonthill. He lives in Devon.