Three Emperors

Miranda Carter

RRP: £25.00

Publisher: VIKING

Publication Date : 03/09/2009

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A fascinating study of the three dysfunctional rulers of Germany, Russia and Great Britain at the beginning of the 20th century: Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II and George V. Drawing on the correspondence of the 3 cousins, and a host of other historical sources, this tells the tragi-comic story of their tiny, glittering, solipsistic world that would prove hideously out of kilter with its times. Miranda Carter's previous book, "Anthony Blunt: His Lives" received great reviews and was shortlisted for several prizes, winning the Orwell Prize and the Royal Society of Literature Award.

Publisher's description:

In the years before the First World War, the great European powers, Britain, Germany and Russia, were ruled by three cousins: George V, King-Emperor of England, the British Empire and India; Wilhelm II, the last Kaiser; and Nicholas II, the last Tsar. This book offers a portrait of these three men.

ISBN: 9780670915569