George, Nicholas and Wilhelm : three royal cousins and the road to World War I / Miranda Carter
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books , 2011, c2009.Description: xxv, 498 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:- 9781400079124
- 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
- 940.3 CAR
- D517 .C34 2010
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Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | 940.3 CAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016949 |
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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