Royal cousins at war [DVD video]

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Title:

Added Author:

Sanders, Richard (Director), director, producer.

Greig, Tamsin, 1967- narrator.

Publication Date:

2014

Publication Information:

[London] : BBC, [2014]

Burbank, California : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color, with black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Abstract:

A two-part series that tells the story of the three monarchs who reigned over Europe's Greatest powers at the outbreak of the First World War: Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England. The emerging divisions and rivalries between the inter-related houses of Europe brought change, tragedy and personal humiliation. Of the three great Imperial dynasties only George V remained standing. Monarchy was finished as a serious political force.

Performers:

Narrator, Tamsin Greig.

Technical Details:

DVD; widescreen; Dolby digital stereo; NTSC, region 1.

Personal Subject:

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918.

William II, German Emperor, 1859-1941.

George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936.

Subject Term:

World War, 1914-1918 -- Causes.

Geographic Term:

Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917.