George, Nicholas and Wilhelm : three royal cousins and the road to World War I /

Carter, Miranda, 1965-

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm : three royal cousins and the road to World War I / Miranda Carter. - 1st American ed. - New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. - xxv, 498 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Originally published as: The three emperors : three cousins, three empires and the road to World War One. London : Fig Tree, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [469]-478) and index.

In the years before World War I, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Tsar Nicholas II. Carter uses the cousins' correspondence and a host of historical sources to tell their tragicomic stories.

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Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910.
Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.
William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941.


World War, 1914-1918--Causes.


Europe--Politics and government--1871-1918.
Germany--History--William II, 1888-1918.
Great Britain--History--Edward VII, 1901-1910.
Russia--History--Nicholas II, 1894-1917.

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