John C. G. Röhl is a British

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 historian

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Originally from London

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, England

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, Röhl taught in Germany

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. He then became a professor

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 of European history at the University of Sussex

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. He is a leading expert of the Wilhelmine

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 German Empire

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, having written a two-volume biography of Emperor William II

William II, German Emperor

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Books by John C. G. Röhl

Kaiser Wilhelm II New Interpretations : The Corfu Papers
- September 2005

Wilhelm II : The Kaiser's Personal Monarchy, 1888-1900
- August 2004

Wilhelm II
- January 2001

Wilhelm II
- January 2001

Purple Secret : Genes, 'madness' and the Royal Houses of Europe
- January 1999

Young Wilhelm : The Kaiser's Early Life, 1859-1888
- December 1998

The Kaiser and His Court : Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany
- September 1996

The Kaiser and His Court : Wilhelm II and the Government of Germany
- December 1994

Der Ort Kaiser Wilhelms II. in Der Deutschen Geschichte
- January 1991

Kaiser, Hof Und Staat : Wilhelm II. Und Die Deutsche Politik
- January 1988

Philipp Eulenburgs Politische Korrespondenz
- January 1983

From Bismarck to Hitler : The Problem of Continuity in German History
- January 1970