Andrew Lycett

War was never Sir Edward Grey’s métier

T.G. Otte admires the Liberal foreign secretary’s steady diplomacy – until the outbreak of war in 1914 left him a nervous wreck

Sir Edward Grey. Credit: Getty Images

  • Statesman of Europe: A Life of Sir Edward Grey

    T.G. Otte

    Allen Lane, pp. 858, £35

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