The Three Emperors
Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One
$46.24
- Paperback
624 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2010
Summary
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.
Three cousins. Three Emperors. And the road to ruin.
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, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141019987 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141019980 |
| Author: | Miranda Carter |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 624 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2010 |
| Weight: | 422g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 38mm |
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Critics Review
Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history
Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history – Craig Brown * Mail on Sunday *
Carter draws masterful portraits of her subjects and tells the complicated story of Europe’s failing international relations well…a highly readable and well-documented account * Spectator *
Absorbing. Carter has a good eye for a quote and an ability to bring various personalities to life. A convincing and considerable achievement – Sarah Bradford * Literary Review *
Carter’s account of how an already dysfunctional family turned toxic is fresh and enjoyable…timely and welcome * Guardian *
Miranda Carter’s story is full of vivid quotations…a romp though the palaces of Europe in their last decades before Armageddon * Sunday Times *
Well-paced, a thoroughly polished, professional piece of work. A macabre family saga – A. N. Wilson * Evening Standard *
An entertaining study of power and personality portrays the strutting absurdity and grotesque glamour of the last emperors on the eve of catastrophe – Simon Sebag Montefiore * Financial Times *
Fascinating. Carter is a gifted storyteller and has written a very readable account
* Independent *Carter’s intelligent, entertainging and informative book folds dynastic and political narratives into a panoramic account of Europe’s road to war * London Review of Books *
That these three absurd men could ever have held the fate of Europe in their hands is a fact as hilarious as it is terrifying. I haven’t enjoyed a historical biography this much since Lytton Strachey’s Victoria – Zadie Smith
About The Author
Miranda Carter
Miranda Carter’s first book, Anthony Blunt- His Lives, won the Royal Society of Literature Award and the Orwell Prize and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Prize, the Guardian First Book Award, the Duff Cooper Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The book was named as one of the New York Times Book Review’s seven best books of 2002. Miranda lives in London with her husband and two sons.
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