Roman extremely well documented recounting the episode of Sigmaringen was the end of the 2nd World War. Assouline writes still good .. a treat; Everything is in the delicacy, the metaphors, the climate. one begins to have reflections as Narrator, butler's condition, the human condition in wartime, we look at the power struggles of men even in exile .. and a beautiful story than the music told in parallel. Although that has written the first person we read everything with a certain ditsnace, like the attitude of the butler who knows remain neutral .. (+ or -) A very large book