在第一次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)之際，三位皇親各自統(tǒng)治著歐洲的強(qiáng)大勢(shì)力：沙俄帝國(guó)的沙皇尼古拉斯二世，德國(guó)的德皇威廉二世，以及英王喬治五世。這部?jī)杉o(jì)錄片系列檢索了這三位君主在一戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)中所起到的角色以及戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)開始之際他們之間的關(guān)系；提論這些元素的影響要比以往的歷史學(xué)家們所認(rèn)識(shí)的要大的多。
　　At the outbreak of the First World War three cousins reigned over Europe's greatest powers - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and King George V of England. This two-part series looks at the role played by the three monarchs, and their relationships with each other, in the outbreak of war, arguing that it is far greater than historians have traditionally believed.