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The Kaiser's Confidante
New York City native Mary Esther Lee (1837-1914) first married in 1864 the Prince von Noer, brother of the Queen of Denmark, and was created a princess in her own right after his death. An active philanthropist to Protestant causes, she then married Count Alfred von Waldersee whose close ties to the Prussian court made her an intimate friend of Kaiser Wilhelm II and a mentor and valued friend to his young wife. Although she preferred to remain in the background, Mary's influence caused intense jealousy by those at court who resented her friendship with the kaiser and kaiserin. This biography chronicles the remarkable life of an American woman whose wealth and influence enabled her to rise to power in the Prussian royal court.
Heligoland
On 18 April 1947, British forces set off the largest non-nuclear explosion in history. The target was a small island in the North Sea, fifty miles off the German coast, which for generations had stood as a symbol of Anglo-German conflict: Heligoland. A long tradition of rivalry was to come to an end here, in the ruins of Hitler's island fortress. Pressed as to why it was not prepared to give Heligoland back, the British government declared that the island represented everything that was wrong with the Germans: 'If any tradition was worth breaking, and if any sentiment was worth changing, then the German sentiment about Heligoland was such a one'. Drawing on a wide range of archival material,...
Across the German Sea
In Across the German Sea: Early Modern Scottish Connections with the Wider Elbe-Weser Region Zickermann analyses the commercial, maritime and military relations between Scotland and the German cities (Hamburg, Bremen) and territories (Bremen and Verden, Holstein, Braunschweig-Lüneburg) located alongside the lower parts of the rivers Elbe and Weser. Based on a wealth of British, German and Scandinavian archival material, the study demonstrates the importance of the region for Scottish commodity exchange and network building across political borders, whilst contributing significantly to our understanding of the formation of Scottish communities abroad. It also shows that Scottish commercial, political, military and religious activities within the region – which featured a Danish-Norwegian and Swedish dimension - were intertwined and cannot be studied in isolation.
Eastern Economist
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Zwischen Unterordnung und Selbstbehauptung
Die Gottorfer zählen zu den einflussreichsten Fürstenhäusern im nordeuropäischen Raum der Frühen Neuzeit und prägten auf vielfältige Weise die Geschichte der Länder des Ostseeraumes. Die Autorin Melanie Greinert nimmt in ihrem Werk die weiblichen Mitglieder des Hauses und ihre Teilhabe an der Konstituierung und Aufrechterhaltung dynastischer Macht in den Blick und legt damit die erste Monographie vor, in der die Bedingungen, die Möglichkeiten und die Grenzen herrschaftlichen Handelns der Herzoginnen von Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf im höfischen Raum sowie in der kulturellen wie auch politischen Praxis aufgezeigt werden. Die Gesamtdarstellung, in der neben den verschiedenen Wirkungsbereichen der Herzoginnen auch ihre transregionalen Beziehungen dargelegt werden, leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte von Fürstinnen in der Vormoderne.
Air Transportation
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Aviation Week & Space Technology
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