The book opens up with the celebration of Queen Victoria’s Diamond jubilee, setting the stage for the book. The book not only deals with the transition of the British navy from sail to steam, as well as the construction of the German fleet. The book also deals with the political machination and royal familial relations that led the Germans and British from being allied in the nineteenth century to being enemies in the twentieth century.

Individuals who want to learn more about this aspect of World War I without getting “bogged down” by facts tediously presented.

The attention given to significant historical figures, such as Jackie Fisher and Wilhelm II. I also appreciate the details relating the transition of the British fleet from sail to steam, and the difficulty of changing the mindset of British naval officers to new realities.

Learn more about the subject.

More knowledgable of tbe activity of the navy during Wirld War I, as well as the elements that shifted the UK away from Germany.

Robert Kinloch Massie III was an American journalist and historian. He devoted much of his career to studying and writing about the House of Romanov, Russia's imperial family from 1613 to 1917. Massie was awarded the 1981 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for Peter the Great: His Life and World. He also received awards for his book Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman (2011).

It is full of interesting facts and anecdotes concerning the politics and navy of Great Britain and Germany, but in a way that engages the reader.

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