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Excerpt from Sovereigns and Statesmen of EuropeOne has only to remember that the greatest war the world has ever seen was brought about by the will of ruling monarchs, and to observe how sovereigns personally have been leading their peoples in the crises that have arisen since Germany threw the gauntlet in the face of the civilised world, to become convinced of the falsity of such a straining after epigram.About the PublisherForgotten Books pu...

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Excerpt from The Austrian Court From WithinWe are fighting an enemy who ignores the most elementary moral principles, and I do think it is the duty of everyone to try to unmask that enemy, to cry out to the civilised world to beware of him. The present work is the result of a careful study of German politics for a period stretching over something like forty years a study which has convinced me that Austria all through that time has been but a ...

Excerpt from Memories of Forty YearsI have begun these wanderings into a past full of agreeable hours with my impressions of England and the English. My motive has been twofold. First, because my book being published in England it should be of particular interest to English-speaking peoples to read a foreigner's impressions. My second reason is that I have the sincere conviction that nowhere as in England exists such a spirit of all-round good...

Excerpt from The Firebrand of Bolshevism: The True Story of the Bolsheviki and the Forces That Directed ThemThe facts presented in the following pages may perhaps not be accepted without surprise and won der as to their authenticity. The world at large has not yet quite appreciated the full extent of the secret intrigues which were carried on in the for mer German Empire before and during the war that was to break its might and destroy it. And...

Excerpt from Russia's Decline and Fall: The Secret History of the Great DebacleThe inner workings against which Russia had to fight at the very time that she was waging material war against the German, the elements which culminated later ln revolution, the struggle of aspiration w1th atrophy are given in their true proportion, and the inexplicable peace into which, Russia was beguiled after setting her house in order is made more intelligible....

Excerpt from Rasputin and the Russian RevolutionSian Court was published the Romanoffs were reign ing and, considering the fact that she was living in Russia at the time, the author of it, had her identity become known, would have risked being subjected to grave annoyances, and even being sent to that dis tant Siberia where Nicholas II is at present exiled. It was therefore deemed advisable to produce that work as a posthumous one, and Count P...

Despite its title, this book is not a biography of the English Imperialist but rather an on-the-spot and personal review of the tumultuous events leading up to, during, and immediately after the South African War of 1899-1902. Basing much of her account on personal observations and interviews, the author provides a fascinating overview of many of the intrigues and personalities of the time.

Excerpt from Germany Under Three EmperorsPerhaps, indeed, Europe would have fared better had it studied with closer attention the events that gradually transformed Prussia into the powerful war machine the great European con¿ict has proved her to be.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgott...

Excerpt from My RecollectionsWhen I entered society, the German Empire had been scarcely three years in existence. France was writhing still in the convulsions of her late defeat, Russia was slowly trying to re cover the many advantages of which the Crimean war had deprived her. Motor-cars were unknown, electric light was still spoken of as something quite extraordinary, and the telephone was not yet one of the resources of civilisation. Manne...

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