Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz by John Van Der Kiste

Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz by John Van Der Kiste

With the wedding of Vicky, Princess Royal of Great Britain, and Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia in January 1858, the prospects of a peaceful and harmonius Europe looked promising. The young couple was very much in love, yet several tragedies marred their marriage: the traumatic birth of their first son and heir, William; the death of Prince Albert, Vicky's father and the couple's political mentor, from typhoid; Frederick's estrangment from his father, and the Emperor's preference for Bismarck and the young Prince William; and the deaths of their third son from meningitis and then the fourth son from diptheria. When Frederick eventually succeeded to the throne in March 1888, he was already seriously ill with cancer and died three months later. His tragically early death was thus one of the turning points of modern European history. Had Frederick lived longer, Germany and Britain would have drawn closer together, amicable relations with France and Russia would have been restored, and there would almost certainly have been no Great War.

John Van der Kiste, who lives in South Devon, has made a particular study of British and European royalty, and also writes on and reviews music. He has written many books, his most recent being Kaiser Wilhelm: Germany's Last Emperor and Georgian Princesses.

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ISBN 13	9780750925839
ISBN 10	0750925833
Title	Dearest Vicky, Darling Fritz
Author	John Van Der Kiste
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The History Press Ltd
Year published	2001-07-19
Number of pages	288
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