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Our Fritz

Emperor Frederick III and the Political Culture of Imperial Germany
BuchGebunden
366 Seiten
Englisch
De Gruytererschienen am10.10.2011
In the first comprehensive life of Frederick III, Müller reconstructs how the beloved persona of Our Fritz was created and used for various political purposes before and after the emperor´s tragic death from throat cancer. Frederick III served as a canvas onto which different political forces projected their hopes and fears for Germany's future.mehr

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KlappentextIn the first comprehensive life of Frederick III, Müller reconstructs how the beloved persona of Our Fritz was created and used for various political purposes before and after the emperor´s tragic death from throat cancer. Frederick III served as a canvas onto which different political forces projected their hopes and fears for Germany's future.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-674-04838-6
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
Erscheinungsjahr2011
Erscheinungsdatum10.10.2011
Seiten366 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Artikel-Nr.10361499
Rubriken
GenreGeschichte/Politik

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents The Hohenzollern Monarchs Introduction 1. Shaping a Prince's Life 2. Liberalism and Empire 3. A National Treasure 4. The Politics of Succession 5. Illness and Reign 6. Contested Memory Conclusion Abbreviations Notes Sources and Works Cited Acknowledgments Indexmehr
Kritik
I found this one of the most readable, enjoyable, and wise studies on Imperial Germany to have appeared in the past decade. The title Our Fritz illustrates how Müller is able to avoid writing a hagiography of a tragic king. Instead, he weaves the threads of affection -- given and received, not given and not received -- into a fabric that envelops a nuclear family, a dynasty, and a nation. A mature scholarly assessment and first-rate writing make the story of Frederick come alive and offer something genuinely new. I highly recommend it.
-- James Retallack, University of Toronto
A gripping biographical study of a fascinating and important figure. Müller presents a number of bracingly revisionist arguments in a thorough, rigorous, and compelling way, anchored in a witty and humane portrayal of the central actors. My enthusiasm for this book is not only for its historical acuity, breadth of compass, and evidentiary depth, but for the memorable portrait it paints of a gifted, privileged, melancholy, and doomed individual.
-- Christopher Clark, author of Iron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia, 1600-1947
[A] thought-provoking, highly informed biography.
-- Martin Rubin Wall Street Journal
Effective, well-grounded and thoughtful...This is an important work, particularly notable for its discussion of political myths, and especially as a political resource. It is to be hoped that comparable work can be produced for several other contemporary rulers.
-- Jeremy Black Times Higher Education
How many times have I told a class that if only William I had died earlier, the history of Europe would have been different? Frank Lorenz Müller has made me less certain of that. His excellent biography of Frederick William--one part biography, one part revisionism and one part cultural histor--offers a subtler, more nuanced and less emotional account of "Our Fritz."
-- Jonathan Steinberg London Review of Books
A concise, vivid and unfailingly interesting portrait of one of the nineteenth century's most appealing and most unhappy rulers.
-- James J. Sheehan Times Literary Supplementmehr