Written as a serial for Black and White by a team of admirals, generals and war correspondents, this imagined history begins with an attempt on the life of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria. Mobilisation spreads from the Balkans to Russia, Austria, Germany and France, and the narrative follows campaigns, naval battles and diplomacy through dispatches, interviews and telegrams.
A striking Victorian forecast of a continental war, fascinating to read against what actually came in 1914. Download the free EPUB.