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George, Nicholas and Wilhelm
George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I | Miranda Carter
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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.
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Nitpickyabouttrains
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A super interesting look at the lives of kings and emperors before and leading up to wwi. It talked about how the three in the title were related and how they interacted.

tpixie Interesting!! 5y
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TotoroReads
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Totoro took less time to read this book than expected. It's pretty heavy, but fascinating to see how despite the fact that these three men were cousins they managed to go to war with each other (well, a two versus one) and not even give asylum to the other after abdication.

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Shazzer
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Really enjoyed this book. Interesting to read how none of these were suited to the power they were born into and the horrible way they walked their people into war and how we are still affected today

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