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Author:

Carter, Miranda, 1965-

Title:

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

Edition:

1st American ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xxv, 498 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1914-1918--Causes.
William--II,--German Emperor,--1859-1941.
Edward--VII,--King of Great Britain,--1841-1910.
Nicholas--II,--Emperor of Russia,--1868-1918.
Germany--History--William II, 1888-1918.
Great Britain--History--Edward VII, 1901-1910.
Russia--History--Nicholas II, 1894-1917.
Europe--Politics and government--1871-1918.

Other Authors:

Carter, Miranda, 1965- Three emperors.

Notes:

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.

Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

ISBN:

1400043638 (hardcover)
9781400043637 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)419798177

LCCN:

2009037690

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