Blood and Iron - a new look at Germany s Second Empire
Historian Katja Hoyer has written an entertaining, nuanced account of the conplicated period from 1871 through World War I - in English.
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A painting by Anton von Werner depicts the proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor in the Palace of Versailles.
Berlin - On 18 January, 1871 the King of Prussia, Wilhelm I, was proclaimed Kaiser in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles Palace. The German Empire - a new state comprising myriad German-speaking states driven by Prussia - would exist through the end of World War I. The historian Katja Hoyer, originally from Brandenburg but now based in the UK, has written a new account of what she considers a misunderstood period of German history, titled Blood and Iron.