In 1903, 28 Serbian army officers brutally murdered King Alexander and his Queen (she was reading a French novel at the time). So begins the most gripping and beguiling account of the decades of history that informed the events of 1914. That it takes over 100 pages just to describe the Balkan intrigues which culminate in Sarajevo is evidence enough that this is no ordinary history. Indeed it is a masterpiece not to be missed.
(Jeremy Miller - bwl 75 Winter 2015 ) |
