This book explores the puzzling phenomenon of the remarkable revival of monarchy in nineteenth-century Europe through a new prism: the public persona of the ‘

Royals on Tour explores visits by European monarchs and princes to colonies, and by indigenous royals to Europe in the 1800s and early 1900s with case studies o

Against the odds, monarchies flourished in nineteenth-century Europe. In an era marked by dramatic change and revolutionary upheaval, Europe's monarchies experi

This book provides a reappraisal of Germany’s military between the mid-nineteenth century and the end of the First World War. At its core is the following que

In an era of rapidly increasing technological advances and international exchange, how did young people come to understand the world beyond their doorsteps? Foc