LEADER 00000cam 2200433 a 4500 001 ocn419798177 003 OCoLC 005 20141231175952.0 008 090910r20102009nyuab b 001 0deng 010 2009037690 020 9781400043637 (hc.) 020 1400043638 (hc.) 035 (OCoLC)419798177 040 DLC|cDLC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dUPZ|dJRZ|dJAI|dUtOrBLW|erda 043 e-uk---|ae-gx---|ae-ur--- 082 00 940.3/112|222 092 940.3112|bCAR 100 1 Carter, Miranda,|d1965- 245 10 George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm :|bthree royal cousins and the road to World War I /|cMiranda Carter. 250 First American edition. 264 1 New York :|bAlfred A. Knopf,|c2010. 300 xxv, 498 pages :|billustrations, maps ;|c25 cm 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 500 Originally published: The three emperors. London : Fig Tree, 2009. 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages [427]-478) and index. 520 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. 600 00 William|bII,|cGerman Emperor,|d1859-1941. 600 00 Edward|bVII,|cKing of Great Britain,|d1841-1910. 600 00 Nicholas|bII,|cEmperor of Russia,|d1868-1918. 650 0 World War, 1914-1918|xCauses. 651 0 Germany|xHistory|yWilliam II, 1888-1918. 651 0 Great Britain|xHistory|yEdward VII, 1901-1910. 651 0 Russia|xHistory|yNicholas II, 1894-1917. 651 0 Europe|xPolitics and government|y1871-1918. 730 0 Three emperors.
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