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Any recommendations for pre-war fiction (1890-1910)? I am specifically interested in turn of the century diplomacy, communications between countries and dignitary visits by heads of state.A couple of examples I have read:Man from St Petersberg, Ken Follett (enjoyable read)Conspiritors, Michael Andre Bernstein (Austrian background of subversives)The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers (pub. 1903, limited info on espionage pre wwI)For a Game of Soldiers, Stephen Miller (interesting read, limited historical references)I think this is a fascinating time of country to country personal interaction. Letter carriers, telegraph, special envoy's and the advent of telephone.Would also like to read some non-fiction on political communications of the period.Thanks
Sorry, I generally don't read historical fiction. The only books of that type I have read are the Gods and Generals & The Killer Angels. There are any number of books about the diplomacy of the pre-war period and interactions between countries in the weeks and months before the war started.
Dance of the Assassins is a novel that deals with the pre-WWI feud between the Obrenovich and Karageorgovich factions in Serbia plus the Black Hand. It complements Cowles' non-fiction The Russian Dagger.
Would also like to read some non-fiction on political communications of the period.Thanks
"Guns of August" by B. Tuchmann.Pre-war political matters are described there in an interesting way.
