George, Nicholas and Wilhelm : three royal cousins and the road to World War I
/ Miranda Carter
- New York : Vintage Books , 2011, c2009.
- 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.
Three childhoods, three countries -- Wilhelm: an experiment in perfection, 1859 -- George: coming second, 1865 -- Nicholas: a diamond-studded ivory tower, 1868 -- Family ties, imperial contests -- Wilhelm emperor 1888-90 -- Young men in love 1891-94 -- Wilhelm anglophile 1891-95 -- Perfidious Muscovy 1895-97 -- Behind the wall 1893-1904 -- Imperial imperatives 1898-1901 -- A bright new century -- The fourth emperor 1901-4 -- Unintended consequences 1904-5 -- Continental shifts 1906-8 -- A Balkan crisis 1908-9 -- Edward's mantle 1910-11 -- Celebrations and warnings 1911-14 -- July 1914 -- Armageddon -- A war 1914-18.
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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William II , German Emperor , 1859-1941 George V , King of Great Britian , 1865-1936 Nichlas II , Emperor of Russia , 1868-1918
World War, 1914-1918----Causes.
Germany----History Great Britain---History Russia---History---Nicholas II, 1894-1917 Europe----Politics and government----1871-1918