The Last Courts of Europe: A Family Album of Royalty at Home and Abroad,…

This is a fascinating book, primarily photographic, that reveals the world of European royalty at the beginning of the twentieth century. These were the final, heady days of the bazillion descentants of Queen Victoria and Hapsburgs and others. Everyone was related to each other and all was glittering and beautiful. These pictures seem especially poignant or bitter knowing that World War I was just moments away. ( )