The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince

The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy PrinceThe Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince by Jane Ridley
ISBN: 9780812972634
Published by Random House Incorporated on August 12th 2014
Genres: Biography & Autobiography, Historical, Royalty, History, Europe, Great Britain
Pages: 726

Len's Summary: How Queen Victoria’s least favorite son became an effective, respected constitutional monarch and a principal architect of the 1904 Anglo-French Entente. Also in Kindle for $12.59.

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War

Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to WarCatastrophe 1914: Europe Goes to War by Max Hastings
ISBN: 9780307597052
Published by Random House Incorporated on September 24th 2013
Genres: History, Europe, General, Military, World War I, Modern, 20th Century
Pages: 688

Len's Summary: One of a spate of recent books tracing the road to war in 1914. See also The Origins of the War of 1914 (in three volumes), Luigi Albertini (Enigma Books, 2005 reprint). An acclaimed and lengthy analysis written in the 1930s by an Italian historian.