Title: Young Wilhelm
First published: 1998
Description: Counter This rich and compelling volume describes the life of Kaiser Wilhelm II from his birth in 1859 to his accession to the Prusso-German throne in 1888, a story so extraordinary that it will fascinate anyone interested in the psychology and the throng of personalities of the period. Its aim is to set the characters on the stage and let them speak for themselves, which in their letters and diaries the Victorians and Wilhelminians did with quite extraordinary clarity and persuasive power. The central theme is the bitter conflict between the handicapped Prince and his liberal parents, and in particular with his mother, the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, and the utter failure of a daring educational experiment intended to turn the young Prince into a liberal Anglophile.
Subjects: Kings and rulers, Biography, History, William ii, german emperor, 1859-1941, Germany, history, 1871-1918
Places: Germany
People: William II German Emperor (1859-1941)
Time periods: William I, 1871-1888
LC classification: DD229 .R6412813 1998