March 15, 1974 • 50m
Franz Josef has been Austrian emperor since 1848, yet he remains unmarried five years into his reign. His mother, Archduchess Soph...Read more
April 5, 1974 • 50m
In the hope of promoting a liberal and united Germany, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert arrange for their eldest daughter Victoria...Read more
April 12, 1974 • 50m
With Germany united under Prussia, Bismarck seeks a stabilizing alliance with the Austrians and Russians through the League of the...Read more
April 19, 1974 • 50m
On 30 January 1889, tragedy strikes the House of Habsburg when liberal Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary and his young mistre...Read more
April 26, 1974 • 50m
Tsar Alexander III doubts the ability of his son and heir-apparent, Nicholas, to inherit the Russian throne. The young tsarevich i...Read more
May 3, 1974 • 50m
Nicholas has now been tsar for nine years and refuses to share his absolute authority with a parliament urged by social reformers....Read more
May 8, 1974 • 50m
Nicholas is preoccupied by strikes and the humiliating war with Japan; the continual unsolicited advice and gifts of his cousin, W...Read more
May 15, 1974 • 50m
When Grand Duke Sergei is murdered, Nicholas dismisses his police chief and considers Pyotr Rachkovsky as a suitable replacement e...Read more
May 22, 1974 • 50m
Britain’s King Edward VII makes a visit to the Royal Russian yacht to discuss an alliance with Russia. Meanwhile, Russia’s Foreign...Read more
May 29, 1974 • 50m
Franz Josef fears for Austria-Hungary’s future in the hands of his reform-minded nephew and heir-presumptive Franz Ferdinand, espe...Read more
June 5, 1974 • 50m
With the resolve and the morale of the Russian army plummeting, Nicholas decides to leave the capital to take personal command of ...Read more
June 12, 1974 • 50m
As the war continues, Kaiser Wilhelm, tiring from his responsibilities, allows Ludendorff, Hindenburg, Admiral von Holtzendorff an...Read more
June 19, 1974 • 50m
With Franz Joseph now dead and the Romanovs murdered by the Bolsheviks, Kaiser Wilhelm is the lone eagle still standing. German tr...Read more