The Three Emperors Av Miranda Carter

<p><b>Discover the juicy, funny story of the three dysfunctional rulers of Germany, Russia and Great Britain at the turn of the last century, combined with a study of the larger forces around them.</b><br><br>Three cousins. Three Emperors. And the road to ruin.<br><br>As cousins, George V, Kaiser Wilhelm II and the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends - but they happened also to rule Europe''s three most powerful states. This potent combination together with their own destructive personalities - petty, insecure, bullying, absurdly obsessive (stamp collecting, uniforms) - led not only to their own dramatic fallouts and falls from grace, but also to the outbreak of the First World War.<br><br>Miranda Carter''s riveting account of how three men who should have known better helped bring down an entire world is a gripping story of abdication, betrayal and murder.<br><br><b>''Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history'' <i>Mail on Sunday<br></i><