Kaiser Wilhelm II was born into one of the largest royal houses in all of Europe. But this prince's jealousy for his English cousins, his insecurity over his hideous deformity, and his famously ...

Following the First World War three of the largest European Empires collapsed, with the German Empire being the last, after ...

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xxii, 244. Illus., notes, biblio., index. $27.99 paper. ISBN: 1107420776 Naturally, this book is not as detailed as ...

“The Exception” is a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller, enlivened by vibrant performances and vivid sexual encounters and inspired by a little-known footnote to history, the story ...

“The Exception,” which opens tomorrow with a cast headed by Oscar winner Christopher Plummer as Germany’s exiled emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, rates as WWII spy thriller, romantic drama and character ...

Wilhelm was the last German emperor (Kaiser) and king of Prussia. As a child he was subjected to cruel physical conditioning to "correct" physical disabilities. This, combined with the standard ...

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While Joseph Epstein draws attention to the comically similar temperaments and personality quirks of two prominent world leaders (“The Curious Parallels Between Trump and Kaiser Wilhelm II,” op-ed, ...

Is Donald Trump the Kaiser Wilhelm of 2017? For some time, Trump’s critics have been alleging that he bears a close resemblance to Kaiser Bill. The indictments are as sweeping as they are fierce. Put ...

"The Exception" is a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller, enlivened by vibrant performances and vivid sexual encounters and inspired by a little-known footnote to history, the story ...