I have read both, but years ago.

Any recommendations for pre-war fiction (1890-1910)?  I am specifically interested in turn of the century diplomacy, communications between countries and dignitary visits by heads of state.A couple of examples I have read:Man from St Petersberg, Ken Follett (enjoyable read)Conspiritors, Michael Andre Bernstein (Austrian background of subversives)The Riddle of the Sands, Erskine Childers (pub. 1903, limited info on espionage pre wwI)For a Game of Soldiers, Stephen Miller (interesting read, limited historical references)I think this is a fascinating time of country to country personal interaction.  Letter carriers, telegraph, special envoy's and the advent of telephone.Would also like to read some non-fiction on political communications of the period.Thanks

Sorry, I generally don't read historical fiction.  The only books of that type I have read are the Gods and Generals & The Killer Angels.  There are any number of books about the diplomacy of the pre-war period and interactions between countries in the weeks and months before the war started.

Would also like to read some non-fiction on political communications of the period.Thanks

“Guns of August” by B. Tuchmann.Pre-war political matters are described there in an interesting way.