Frederick William IV and the Prussian Monarchy 1840-1861 - Barclay, David E. (Professor of History, Professor of History, Kalamazoo College, Michigan, USA)

This is the first study in English of the reign of Frederick William IV, King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861 and the most important German monarch in the century between 1786 and 1888. It focuses on monarchial structures and institutions and describing the ways in which conservative elites successfully adapted to revolutionary change.