Dreadnought

A captivating chronicle of personal and political rivalries from the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany in the decades leading up to World War I, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie. 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I. How did it all begin? With the rare genius of the biographer, who captures the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a host of brilliant figures: the young, ambitious Winston Churchill; the ruthless, flattering Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow; Britain’s greatest foreign secretary of the 20th century, Sir Edward Grey; and Jacky Fisher, the eccentric admiral who revolutionized the British Navy and introduced the battleship H.M.S. Dreadnought. Their stories and the history of the era, marked by misunderstandings and tensions, missed opportunities and events that led to unintended conclusions, unfold in this powerful narrative like a Greek tragedy. Intimately human and dramatic, Dreadnought is history in its most compelling form. “History at its best, a fantastic mix of anecdote, observation, and intelligent thought” - Dan Snow, Daily Express.