Hello. At the end of the year I finished John Keegan's The First World War and enjoyed it very much, but found it didn't include enough about the conditions that lead to the war; so I've decided to devote all my reading for the year to pre-WW1 Europe as I thought it might be fun to focus on one period more than I usually do and was wondering if anyone had any particularly good recommendations for where to head.

After The First World War I read George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War 1 by Miranda Carter which was very good. Now I am on a biography of Wilhelm, which I am not enjoying all that much.

Pretty open about who/what to read about from the period so anything is helpful. Kind of assuming I'd miss someone/something important if I just did it all on my own. Thanks again.