Arabian Nights 1914: A Novel About Kaiser Wilhelm II

Set on the eve of the First World War, Eric Koch's latest novel details the efforts of Zade - a direct descendant of the legendary Scheherazade - to bring her isolated Arab kingdom into the modern age of science and technology. Looking to the mighty German Empire as a model state, and the Kaiser himself as a model for a modern ruler, the relationship between her kingdom of Ouda and the German Empire begins to grow. When Franz Ferdinand is brought down by an assassin's bullet, Zade is in a unique position to avert the coming storm of blood and iron sweeping over Europe, if only she can find some way to convince Wilhelm that war will cost him everything...