George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
A story of the self-delusion of royalty: three monarchs who were also three first cousins--Wilhelm II, the last kaiser of Germany; George V of Britain; and Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia--and their mistaken belief, on the very brink of World War I, that their family connection could save...
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A story of the self-delusion of royalty: three monarchs who were also three first cousins--Wilhelm II, the last kaiser of Germany; George V of Britain; and Nicholas II, the last tsar of Russia--and their mistaken belief, on the very brink of World War I, that their family connection could save Europe from itself.In the years before the war, Wilhelm, George, and Nicholas corresponded and wrote about each other in their diaries. The Three Emperors uses these sources--a hidden history of how Europe went from an age of empire to a more democratic and more brutal one--to tell the tragicomic story of a tiny, glittering, solipsistic world.From the kaiser's tantrums to the tsar's indecisions to King George's stamp collection, Carter makes clear how anachronistic the three emperors were: marooned by history in positions out of kilter with their time and ill-equipped by education and personality to deal with the modern world. She delineates the responsibility they...
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780307593023 (0307593029)
Publish date: March 23rd 2010
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 528
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
War,
Politics,
Russia,
Biography Memoir,
European History,
World History,
Germany
ookshelves: published-2009, nonfiction, fraudio, history, wwi, spring-2010, hardback, one-penny-wonder Read from May 09 to 16, 2010 George, Nicholas and WilhelmThree Royal Cousins and the Road to World War IEdition: Unabridgedby Miranda Carter Rosalyn Landorblurb - A story of the self-delusion ...
Before World War I the belief that monarchs ruled by divine right was alive and well in Europe—at least among the monarchs themselves. George, Nicolas and Wilhelm were cousins who reigned in Britain, Russia and Germany during the years leading up to the war. By the end of the war Tsar Nicolas and ...
George, Nicholas and WilhelmThree Royal Cousins and the Road to World War IEdition: Unabridgedby Miranda Carter Rosalyn Landorblurb - A story of the self-delusion of royalty: three monarchs who were also three first cousins--Wilhelm II, the last kaiser of Germany; George V of Britain; and Nicholas I...
OK, I haven't read this book -- I will -- but I was pissed after reading a review. Here's part of a review that demonstrates why I often hate reviews in the NY Times Book Review. Last two paragraphs: “George, Nicholas and Wilhelm” is an impressive book. Ms. Carter has clearly not bitten off more th...