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From__Starred Review__ The slippery slope into horrific armed conflict is a tale often told about World War I, but this authors take on the antecedents of the European war of 191418 is distinct. Carter views the shifting alliance entanglements of the Great Powers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and especially the growing animosity and rivalry between Britain and Germany, with particular focus on the attitudes and actions of three royal first cousins: Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany, Emperor Nicholas II of Russia, and King George V of Great Britain (who also reigned as emperor of India, hence the books title reference to three emperors). Rich in concrete detail, elegant in style, and wise, fresh, and knowledgeable in interpretation, the authors account observes a profound anachronism at play: that these three monarchs, in what they didnt realize were the waning days of the institution of monarchy, handled foreign diplomacy as if it were a family business. Despite the reality of growing fissures separating their countries, each emperor continued to paper over the cracks with cousinly gestures, each increasingly irrelevant. Europe plunged over the precipice

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Author

Miranda Carter

Publisher

Random House of Canada

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400043637

Category

history

Subjects

Western, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.99 / 5 (2,125 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13