William I and monarchical rule in Imperial Germany
‘It is hard being Emperor under Bismarck’ quipped German Emperor William I once. Historians agreed and deemed him also an unwilling Imperial figurehead who preferred to remain King of Prussia. This study challenges this long-held assumption of William I’s presumed historical irrelevance. It argues t...
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University of Warwick
2017
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.752489 |