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Kaiser Wilhelm II

Germany's Last Emperor

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Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, this biography examines the complex personality of Germany's last emperor. Born in 1859, the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, Prince Wilhelm was torn between two cultures - that of the Prussian Junker and that of the English liberal gentleman. ... Read more

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Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, this biography examines the complex personality of Germany's last emperor. Born in 1859, the eldest grandchild of Queen Victoria, Prince Wilhelm was torn between two cultures - that of the Prussian Junker and that of the English liberal gentleman.
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Bob Seger

Every Album, Every Song

by John Van der Kiste ...

Bob Seger began his career during the 1960s, fronting various bands in the Michigan area. He was a local hero who took almost a decade to break through to a national American audience. The in-concert Live Bullet, followed by the single and album Night Moves in 1976, established him as a major attraction at home and then internationally. Further single success came with ‘Hollywood Nights’ and the ... Read more

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Bob Seger began his career during the 1960s, fronting various bands in the Michigan area. He was a local hero who took almost a decade to break through to a national American audience. The in-concert Live Bullet, followed by the single and album Night Moves in 1976, established him as a major attraction at home and then internationally. Further single success came with ‘Hollywood Nights’ and the
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Free & Bad Company

In the 1970s

by John Van Der Kiste ...

Series series Decades
Free were formed in 1968 towards the end of the British blues boom. But after two critically acclaimed albums, it was the release of the acclaimed single 'All Right Now' and the album Fire and Water in 1970 that brought them major success. Musical and personal differences took their toll and they split after the comparative failure of their next album. However, after starting new bands that failed ... Read more

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Free were formed in 1968 towards the end of the British blues boom. But after two critically acclaimed albums, it was the release of the acclaimed single 'All Right Now' and the album Fire and Water in 1970 that brought them major success. Musical and personal differences took their toll and they split after the comparative failure of their next album. However, after starting new bands that failed
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1970

A Year In Rock. The Year Rock Became Mainstream

by John Van der Kiste ...

1970 was a year of change in pop and rock music, with divisions between both becoming ever more blurred. More ambitiously constructed epics, heavy rock numbers and contemporary folk songs competed with the mainstream and easy listening fare on Top of the Pops and in the Top 30 singles, while progressive and jazz-rock took their first bows in the album charts. Some acts disbanded, notably The ... Read more

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1970 was a year of change in pop and rock music, with divisions between both becoming ever more blurred. More ambitiously constructed epics, heavy rock numbers and contemporary folk songs competed with the mainstream and easy listening fare on Top of the Pops and in the Top 30 singles, while progressive and jazz-rock took their first bows in the album charts. Some acts disbanded, notably The
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The Letters of Princess Alice to Queen Victoria, 1862–1878

Dear Beloved Mama

Edited by John Van Der Kiste ...

Princess Alice was born in 1843, the second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was a compassionate child and showed a keen interest in nursing from an early age. In 1862 she married Prince Louis of Hesse and the Rhine, a small German duchy soon to be impoverished by the defeat of its ally Austria in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War. During the conflict Alice worked tirelessly as a nurse ... Read more

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Princess Alice was born in 1843, the second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was a compassionate child and showed a keen interest in nursing from an early age. In 1862 she married Prince Louis of Hesse and the Rhine, a small German duchy soon to be impoverished by the defeat of its ally Austria in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War. During the conflict Alice worked tirelessly as a nurse
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Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz

Queen Victoria's Eldest Daughter and the German Emperor

by John van der Kiste ...

This work tells the love story of the royal couple against the changing background of 19th-century Germany. It looks at the differing political sympathies of the couple, revealed through letters, and re-examines the prevailing view that the domineering Vicky never bothered to conceal her distaste for everything Prussian and flaunting her sense of British superiority. In many ways ahead of her time ... Read more

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This work tells the love story of the royal couple against the changing background of 19th-century Germany. It looks at the differing political sympathies of the couple, revealed through letters, and re-examines the prevailing view that the domineering Vicky never bothered to conceal her distaste for everything Prussian and flaunting her sense of British superiority. In many ways ahead of her time
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James II and the First Modern Revolution

The End of Absolute Monarchy

by John Van Der Kiste ...

This in-depth biography explores the brief and turbulent reign of King James II and the growing opposition that led to the Glorious Revolution.James II succeeded his brother Charles II on the English throne in 1685, at a time when nothing could be taken for granted. A span of less that forty years had brought the execution of their father, Charles I, the proclamation of a republic, and the swift ... Read more

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This in-depth biography explores the brief and turbulent reign of King James II and the growing opposition that led to the Glorious Revolution.James II succeeded his brother Charles II on the English throne in 1685, at a time when nothing could be taken for granted. A span of less that forty years had brought the execution of their father, Charles I, the proclamation of a republic, and the swift
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Queen Victoria's Daughters-in-Law

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The first book to study the four wives of Queen Victoria's sons as a family group—based partly on previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives.The first to join the family of the "Grandmama of Europe" was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince about to become King Christian IX of Denmark. Charming, ever sympathetic and widely considered one of the most attractive royal women of her ... Read more

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The first book to study the four wives of Queen Victoria's sons as a family group—based partly on previously unpublished material from the Royal Archives.The first to join the family of the "Grandmama of Europe" was Alexandra, eldest daughter of the prince about to become King Christian IX of Denmark. Charming, ever sympathetic and widely considered one of the most attractive royal women of her
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George V's Children

by John van der Kiste ...

The six children of King George V and Queen Mary all lived to maturity except the youngest, Prince John. The eldest, who was Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, reigned as King Edward VIII for less than a year. His infamous romance with Mrs Simpson plunged the country into the abdication crisis and led both of them into a long period of exile. King George VI, who reluctantly and unexpectedly ... Read more

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The six children of King George V and Queen Mary all lived to maturity except the youngest, Prince John. The eldest, who was Prince of Wales and heir to the throne, reigned as King Edward VIII for less than a year. His infamous romance with Mrs Simpson plunged the country into the abdication crisis and led both of them into a long period of exile. King George VI, who reluctantly and unexpectedly
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Edward VII's Children

by John van der Kiste ...

King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra had six children. Of the five who reached maturity, only one, the future King George V, has received much attention from biographers.The eldest son, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, a backward youth and a subject of scandal, died before he was thirty. The three princesses, Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the lifelong spinster Victoria, and Maud, ... Read more

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King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra had six children. Of the five who reached maturity, only one, the future King George V, has received much attention from biographers.The eldest son, Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence, a backward youth and a subject of scandal, died before he was thirty. The three princesses, Louise, Princess Royal and Duchess of Fife, the lifelong spinster Victoria, and Maud,
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George III's Children

by John van der Kiste ...

On 12 August 1762, Queen Charlotte gave birth to her first child. Twenty-one years later, to the week, the 15th and youngest was born. All but two children survived to maturity. The eldest of King George III's children, who became Prince Regent and King George IV, is less remembered for his patronage of the arts than for his extravagance, and maltreatment of his wife Caroline. As Commander-in ... Read more

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On 12 August 1762, Queen Charlotte gave birth to her first child. Twenty-one years later, to the week, the 15th and youngest was born. All but two children survived to maturity. The eldest of King George III's children, who became Prince Regent and King George IV, is less remembered for his patronage of the arts than for his extravagance, and maltreatment of his wife Caroline. As Commander-in
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Surrey Murders

by John van der Kiste ...

Series series True Crime History
Surrey Murders is an examination of some of the county's most notorious and shocking cases. They include the 'Wigwam Girl', Joan Wolfe, who lived in a tent built by a Cree Indian Soldier before being brutally slaughtered; the infamous stabbing of Frederick Gold by 'the Serpent', Percy Lefroy Mapleton; the poisoning of the entire Beck family with a bottle of oatmeal stout, laced with cyanide; and ... Read more

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Surrey Murders is an examination of some of the county's most notorious and shocking cases. They include the 'Wigwam Girl', Joan Wolfe, who lived in a tent built by a Cree Indian Soldier before being brutally slaughtered; the infamous stabbing of Frederick Gold by 'the Serpent', Percy Lefroy Mapleton; the poisoning of the entire Beck family with a bottle of oatmeal stout, laced with cyanide; and
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