Wilhelm II, Vol. 2
Subtitle: Emperor and Exile, 1900-1941 (Cecil, Lamar//Wilhelm II)
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: October 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 503
ISBN-13: 9780807822838
Subjects: Biography: historical; European history: First World War; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; First World War, 1914-1918; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1800 to c 1900; c 1900 - c 1914; Germany; Germany - History; William; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; II,; Biography/Autobiography; Europe; Historical - General; William II, 1888-1918; Royalty; 1859-1941; Biography; German Emperor,; History; Kings and rulers
First sentence: A FEW WEEKS after the new century opened in 1900, Wilhelm II, King of Prussia and German Emperor, celebrated his forty-first birthday, an occasion that marked the halfway point in a long life that would finally come to an end in the summer of 1941.