4.5 stars. G,N,&W was a fantastic book about not just the lives of these three "leaders," but the political climate of Europe at the end of the 19th/beginning of the 20th and how their megalomania influenced it all. This is one of my favorite time periods, and I was so eager to learn more about Victoria's progeny. It slogged a bit after the Boer War and before Edward's death, but it was a wonderful read all around. A great book.