![]() ![]() Along the way, the reader is treated to the personal foibles of each man as well as their more serious flaws none of the men, by training or temperament, were truly suited to their positions and certainly not to the grave challenges their respective countries faced, especially in wartime Germany and Russia. This author's eminently readable study of three cousins-George V of England, Nicholas II of Russia, and Wilhelm II of Germany-uses the biographies of these three descendants of Queen Victoria to trace not only the coming of World War I but, more centrally, to capture the twilight of these monarchies as they gave way to "democracy, self-determination, and greater brutality" (xxiv). George, Nicholas, and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins on the Road to World War I. ![]()
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