{"product_id":"the-three-emperors-1","title":"The Three Emperors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carter, Miranda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Random House\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 624\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 29-07-2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart Number:\u003c\/b\u003e 2x16 insets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThree cousins. Three Emperors. And the road to ruin.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAs 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nMiranda 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Fascinating. A wonderfully fresh and beautifully choreographed work of history' Mail on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Miranda Carter's story is full of vivid quotations . . . a romp though the palaces of Europe in their last decades before Armageddon' Sunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Fascinating. Carter is a gifted storyteller and has written a very readable account' Independent\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141019987\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.8 x 5.2 x 2.1 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50110930026800,"sku":"Trans_9780141019987","price":975.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/91QFx2Ir2hL_e18ed3f4-350a-4c68-90ac-fae18f9d8387.jpg?v=1757076540","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/the-three-emperors-1","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}