Readership: The general reader interested in Nazi Germany, the Royal Family, or the First and Second World War.
Jonathan Petropoulos, John V. Croul Professor of European History, Claremont McKenna College, Southern California
"[A] probing and richly detailed study" - Shelley Baranowski, Central European History
"very thoroughly researched....His judgements are generally balanced and his comments are often shrewd.....a useful scholarly contribution in an area that his hitherto been largely colonized by sensationalists and conspiracy theorists." - Jeremy D. Noakes, Times Literary Supplement
Introduction 1: The Interconnectedness of the Nobility: Strategies to Preserve Privilege Through the Great War 2: The Princes von Hessen during the Weimar Republic: Tribulations, the High Life, and Fascist Flirtations 3: Nazi High Society: Making Hitler <"salonfähig>" and Helping the Nazis to Power 4: . A Place in the Reich: Princely Careers in the Nazi State 5: Roles in an Increasingly Radical Regime 6: Miscalculation and Misfortune 7: Postwar Justice: Denazification and (Partial) Dispossession 8: Rebuilding a Life: Schloss Fasanerie, Financial Viability, and Burdens of the Past Conclusion: Understanding German Princes in the Twentieth Century Appendix I: Princes in the Nazi Party Appendix II: Family Tree of the Princes von Hessen-Kassel Bibliography
