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Three Emperors

The Three Emperors" by Miranda Carter is 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 Europes 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. Miranda Carters 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. "Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history". ("Mail on Sunday"). "Miranda Carters story is full of vivid"ations...a romp though the palaces of Europe in their last decades before Armageddon". ("Sunday Times"). "Fascinating. Carter is a gifted storyteller and has written a very readable account". ("Independent"). "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 havent enjoyed a historical biography this much since Lytton Stracheys Victoria". (Zadie Smith). Miranda Carters first book "Anthony Blunt: His Lives" won the
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The Three Emperors" by Miranda Carter is the juicy funny story of the three dysfunctional rulers of Germany Russia & Great Britain at the turn of the last century combined with a study of the larger forces around them. Three cousins. Three Emperors. & the road to ruin. As cousins George V Kaiser Wilhelm II & the last Tsar Nicholas II should have been friends
- but they happened also to rule Europes 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 & falls from grace but also to the outbreak of the First World War. Miranda Carters riveting account of how three men who should have known better helped bring down an entire world is a gripping story of abdication betrayal & murder. " Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh & beautifully choreographed work of history". (" Mail on Sunday"). " Miranda Carters story is full of vivid"ations...a romp though the palaces of Europe in their last decades before Armageddon". (" Sunday Times"). " Fascinating. Carter is a gifted storyteller & has written a very readable account". (" Independent"). " 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 havent enjoyed a historical biography this much since Lytton Stracheys Victoria". (Zadie Smith). Miranda Carters first book " Anthony Blunt: His Lives" won the Royal Society of Literature Award & the Orwell Prize & was shortlisted for the Whitbread Biography Prize the Guardian First Book Award the Duff Cooper Prize & the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. The book was named as one of the " New York Times" Book Reviews seven best books of 2002. Miranda lives in London with her husband & two sons."

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