1859-1941

In 1900, out-of-work butcher Pat Crowe kidnaps and ransoms the teenage son of Omaha's wealthiest meatpacking tycoon. After receiving $25,000 in gold and releasing the boy, Crowe makes his way across America and beyond, bank-robbing, safe-cracking, burgling, and bond-jumping his way into the public eye. The manhunt that followed became the thrill of the nation.

The assassination of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne on June 28, 1914, led to the outbreak of World War I. At the end of the war, the Austro-Hungarian Empire had crumbled, and Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, had lost their power. The only monarchy remaining was Great Britain's King George V, a first cousin of both the Kaiser and the Tsar.

Examines the history of the Herero genocide by the German army in the early 1900's.

Discusses the diplomatic and naval history of Great Britain and examines the reasons Germany chose to challenge Britain's undisputed naval supremacy, causing shifts in the world's national alliances and leading to World War I.

Chronicles the lives of first cousins King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia with a focus on the years leading up to World War I and the aftermath.

Chronicles the history of George V of England, Wilhelm II of Germany, and Nicholas II of Russia, their relationship to Queen Victoria, and the role that each played in European affairs prior to and during World War I.

Discusses Britain and Germany and the era preceding World War II.