Reviews
'The Kaiser and his Court is solid and speculative; it is cautious and provocative. It is brilliant history.'Washington Times, ‘The Kaiser and his Court is solid and speculative; it is cautious and provocative. It is brilliant history.’Washington Times, "John R_hl has written a startling, even a sensational book....John R_hl's brilliant study chillingly reveals Kaiser Wilhelm II as a grandparent of the great horrors of the 20th century." Evening Standard, "Years of imaginative spadework in private archives and in former East Germany have unearthed new sources, chief among them the staggeringly detailed correspondence of Wilhelm's parents...It is unlikely that another biography of Wilhelm will ever surpass the level of detail or the depth of archival knowledge Röhl has achieved." Isabel V. Hull, Journal of Modern History, '... cool, spare, scholarly. But for all that, John Röhl has written a startling, even sensational book ... [his] brilliant study chillingly reveals Kaiser Wilhelm II as a grandparent of the great horrors of the twentieth century.'Peter Bradshaw, The Evening Standard, "John Röhl's account of the early years of the late German Kaiser Wilhelm II contains...some of the most monstrous material of modern history; and since the details of this material are for the most part new, brought to light after years of research in previously closed archives, its publication must be regarded as an important event in historical scholarship." Gustav Seibt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, "John Röhl has written a masterly series of essays on the Kaiser, as William II came to be called throughout the West....his documentation is impressive." New York Review of Books, '… cool, spare, scholarly. But for all that, John Rhl has written a startling, even sensational book … [his] brilliant study chillingly reveals Kaiser Wilhelm II as a grandparent of the great horrors of the twentieth century.' Peter Bradshaw, The Evening Standard, "John R_hl has written a masterly series of essays on the Kaiser, as William II came to be called throughout the West....his documentation is impressive." New York Review of Books, "Mr. Rohl writes with the concision and delight in language of a poet and with the rigor and infectious love of documents of the true historian. The style and structure of his book increase its accessibility to general readers....The Kaiser and His Court is solid and speculative; it is cautious and provocative. It is brilliant history." Washington Times, "The morbid charm of Europe's high noblility has evidently cast its spell over the author. Not only their love affairs but also their illnesses exert a quite irresistable attraction....His account of the Crown Prince's fatal illness with cancer of the larynx which dominates the last 200 pages...must be the most exact medical record ever written by an historican." Volker Ullrich, Die Zeit, "Years of imaginative spadework in private archives and in former East Germany have unearthed new sources, chief among them the staggeringly detailed correspondence of Wilhelm's parents...It is unlikely that another biography of Wilhelm will ever surpass the level of detail or the depth of archival knowledge R_hl has achieved." Isabel V. Hull, Journal of Modern History, 'The Kaiser and his Court is solid and speculative; it is cautious and provocative. It is brilliant history.' Washington Times, '... cool, spare, scholarly. But for all that, John Röhl has written a startling, even sensational book ... [his] brilliant study chillingly reveals Kaiser Wilhelm II as a grandparent of the great horrors of the twentieth century.' Peter Bradshaw, The Evening Standard, "Rohl has established himself as one of the leading kaiser experts." Raffael Scheck, Central European History, ‘… cool, spare, scholarly. But for all that, John Röhl has written a startling, even sensational book … [his] brilliant study chillingly reveals Kaiser Wilhelm II as a grandparent of the great horrors of the twentieth century.’Peter Bradshaw, The Evening Standard, "John Röhl has written a startling, even a sensational book....John Röhl's brilliant study chillingly reveals Kaiser Wilhelm II as a grandparent of the great horrors of the 20th century." Evening Standard, "John R_hl's account of the early years of the late German Kaiser Wilhelm II contains...some of the most monstrous material of modern history; and since the details of this material are for the most part new, brought to light after years of research in previously closed archives, its publication must be regarded as an important event in historical scholarship." Gustav Seibt, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
