“The Exception” is a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller, enlivened by vibrant performances and vivid sexual encounters and inspired by a little-known footnote to history, the story ...

After 1890 important changes took place within the German Empire both in domestic and foreign policy. The period was marked ...

“The Exception,” which opens tomorrow with a cast headed by Oscar winner Christopher Plummer as Germany’s exiled emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, rates as WWII spy thriller, romantic drama and character ...

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014. Pp. xxii, 244. Illus., notes, biblio., index. $27.99 paper. ISBN: 1107420776 Naturally, this book is not as detailed as ...

An unnatural love for his royal mother was at the heart of Kaiser Wilhelm II’s hatred of Britain in the years before the First World War, according to experts who have uncovered new evidence of an ...

When you think of Christmas, most think of Santa Claus. Although the legendary character Santa is part of Christmas, it ...

On December 8th 1912, Kaiser Wilhelm II summoned his senior officers to his palace in Potsdam to discuss how to deal with a war on two fronts against France, Britain and Russia. "Summoned to the ...

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“The Exception” is a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller, enlivened by vibrant performances and vivid sexual encounters and inspired by a little-known footnote to history, the story ...

"The Exception" is a handsomely mounted World War II-era romantic thriller, enlivened by vibrant performances and vivid sexual encounters and inspired by a little-known footnote to history, the story ...