George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I

by M.J. Carter and Miranda Carter

Book Overview

In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany, and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world. Through brilliant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1400079128
• ISBN13: 9781400079124
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"