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May 11, 2016. Middot; Add Comment. New Historic Inventions that influenced the lives of my characters in: ‘Kalvarianhof, The Perilous Journey’ While most of the characters in my first book, ‘Kalvarianhof, The Perilous Journey’ are fictitious, their lives play out against the background of amazing real inventions that we still marvel at today. Imagine going from horse and buggy, to the first automobiles, some powered […]. July 26, 2015. Middot; Add Comment. July 26, 2015. Middot; Add Comment. July 26, 2015.
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The Wittelsbach Dynasty – Walter Soellner
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July 26, 2015. Middot; Add Comment. The earliest known inhabitants in the area of present-day Bavaria were the Celts. Romans conquered the region about the beginning of the Common Era. They divided the southern part into Raetia andNoricum and built fortifications along the northern boundary to keep out the Teutons. Flourishing Roman colonies arose in the south at Augsburg, Kempten, Regensburg, and Passau. New Historic Inventions that influenced the lives of my characters … Read More. Or by telephone at:.
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Excerpt from Kalvarianhof, the Perilous Journey, by Walter Soellner. Buy the book now on Amazon! New Historic Inventions that influenced the lives of my characters … Read More. La Belle Époque 1872 to 1914 (the Beautiful Era) After … Read More. The earliest known inhabitants in the area of present-day Bavaria … Read More. Walter can be reached by email at:. Or by telephone at:. Website by 21Thirteen Design, Inc.
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La Belle Époque – Walter Soellner
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July 26, 2015. Middot; Add Comment. La Belle Époque 1872 to 1914 (the Beautiful Era). After the Franco Prussian War of 1871-72, and the emergence of Germany as an Empire with colonies scattered around the world, a wonderful period of peace, beauty, Art and culture enveloped Europe, Russia and America. The industrial revolution brought prosperity and middle class standards to many and great fortunes to some. The Belle Époque in Europe, America and Russia was a dream like period of good cheer, peace and pr...
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the author – Walter Soellner
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I am married to Sandra Soellner and have a daughter Anna, and step son Lance and daughter Laurie. Sandra and I live in a Victorian home in downtown San Jose. I was a founding partner Precious Objects Gallery, Los Gatos, Ca. 1980 to 2004. I served on the following boards: California Crafts Museum, S.F. Society of North American Goldsmiths (treasurer); Retired Faculty Assoc. (vice pres.); Victorian Preservation Assoc., and the San Jose Arts Commission. Walter can be reached by email at:. Or by telephone at:.
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reviews – Walter Soellner
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Deborah Hudson, HP Archivist, and award winning Published Historian. Julie Jacobs, Director of Juvenile Reading Programs, Santa Clara C. I couldn't wait to turn the next page. It held my interest to the very end. Viewing pre-WWI Europe through the eyes of the two major characters- a Jew and a Christian- is a unique approach. Dr Kenneth Reid, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatric Social Work, published author of three books. Gilda N. Forrester, Educational Consultant, American Musical Theater.
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The Colonial Era – Walter Soellner
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July 26, 2015. Middot; Add Comment. THE COLONIAL ERA IN 19. Britain. France. Portugal. Italy. Spain. Russia. Japan. Ottoman Empire. Colonizing foreign territories by stronger neighbors has been an ongoing political/military strategy for easily several thousand years. The Ancient Egyptians had trading ‘sites’ through much of the Mediterranean including what is now Greece and Italy. It was not uncommon for the Europeans to agree on how to divide weaker lands so as to avoid fights among themselves. In a...
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the book – Walter Soellner
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Kalvarianhof, the Perilous Journey. REBELLION AND LOVE IN CHINA, ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY IN GERMANY, 1900-1909. The two encounter dangerous adventures on their return by ship to Germany, but not before stops at other Imperial German Colonies. In German New Guinea a shark attack, in German Samoa a sexual bacchanal with natives, and in Uruguay, Levi meets his future wife, Katherina Obermaier, a beautiful young Jewish woman bound for university in Berlin. Returning home to the joy of having a healthy baby, she ...
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upcoming books – Walter Soellner
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Book Two: ‘The Storm That Shook The World’ will be published August, 2016. Book two of a four book multi-generational saga about two German families, one Catholic, and one Jewish. The story of these two families, friends for years, plays out across three continents encompassing the first half of the 20th century. Kalvarianhof, the grand estate of the Levi’s in Bavaria, plays a central role throughout the four book series. During four long years of war, the women (and families), left behind at Kalvarianho...
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