A portrait of the marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, showing how dynastic attitudes and personal relations with other rulers helped shape the history of Britain and of Europe.

Chronologically structured, this textbook focuses on the domestic political developments of the period, putting them into context through a balanced guide to the economic and social background, culture and foreign…

Originally published in 1981 this book deals with many the Weimar period, including the revolutionary events following the First World War; the development of the Reichswehr; the role of heavy…