Although I did not learn a lot that was new to me, as I teach European history, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, as it really helps one to understand the roles these three men played, or did not play, in bringing Europe into the horror of The Great War. The author is certainly harsher on Tsar Nicholas that Robert Massie has been, and perhaps a bit kinder to Kaiser Wilhelm that some historians.Get more detail about George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I.
