The Author

has nothing to do with the man pictured above. This is Kaiser Wilhelm II, who cut a far more interesting figure than any photo of the author. Opera diva Geraldine Farrar is said to have had an affair with the Kaiser in the early days of her career, and he remained infatuated with her for his entire life. Although an ardent American patriot, Farrar kept the Kaiser’s picture up throughout the Great War on the grounds that he was still her friend, war notwithstanding.