George, Nicholas and Wilhelm
Subtitle: three royal cousins and the road to World War I
By: Miranda Carter
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9781400079124
Subjects: Politics and government; World War, 1914-1918; Causes; History
Description: 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.
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.
Table of contents: title: Three childhoods, three countries; title: Wilhelm: an experiment in perfection, 1859; title: George: coming second, 1865; title: Nicholas: a diamond-studded ivory tower, 1868; title: Family ties, imperial contests; title: Wilhelm emperor 1888-90; title: Young men in love 1891-94; title: Wilhelm anglophile 1891-95; title: Perfidious Muscovy 1895-97; title: Behind the wall 1893-1904; title: Imperial imperatives 1898-1901; title: A bright new century; title: The fourth emperor 1904-4; title: Unintended consequences 1904-5; title: Continental shifts 1906-8; title: A Balkan crisis 1908-9; title: Edward's mantle 1910-11; title: Celebrations and warnings 1911-14; title: July 1914; title: Armageddon; title: A war 1914-18.