

This is between a pick and so-so for me. I really enjoyed the history of the palace and the details of the restoration in the 1950s. However, I found the memoirs chapters a bit self-indulgent and full of you-had-to-be-there type antidotes. Plus some of his history sweeping statements grated on me; the American army was not the only army involved in the D-Day landings! 🙄