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'Who Was Franz Ferdinand?' with Sue Woolhams

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The assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg on the 28th June 1914 is widely seen as the catalyst for the start of the First World War, yet the couple themselves remain relatively obscure figures in the West. In their recent book, 'The Assassination of The Archduke: Sarajevo 1914 and the Murder That C...


ONLINE: 'Kaiser Bill: The Man Behind the Image' by Sue Woolmans

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Caption: Kaiser Wilhelm II at the height of his power About this talk: Kaiser Wilhelm II - the last emperor of Germany - has a bad reputation. He was pilloried by the British press and castigated for his role in the start of the Great War. In this talk, Sue sets out a more rounded view of the man who was the grandson of Queen Victoria, the first...


'The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand' a talk by Sue Woolmans

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Every schoolchild is taught that WW1 was started because the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated. But there is so much more to Franz Ferdinand than his death. Sue tells the story of the Archduke's life, set in the glittering but fragile Habsburg court; his fairytale marriage against all odds; and how even now history overlooks the man and...