George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
Miranda Carter
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
Miranda Carter
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.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Knopf
- Year
- 2010
- ISBN-13
- 9781400043637
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- World War I originsEuropean monarchiesRoyal family relations
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyShortlisted(2010)
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