{"product_id":"the-three-emperors-three-cousins-three-empires-and-the-road-to-world-war-one-by-miranda-carter","title":"The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World War One by Miranda Carter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree cousins. Three Emperors. And the road to ruin.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMiranda 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history' \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57293403029882,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/IMG_4687.webp?v=1790074387","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/the-three-emperors-three-cousins-three-empires-and-the-road-to-world-war-one-by-miranda-carter","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}