The link between Hitler's Third Reich and European royalty has gone largely unexplored due to the secrecy surrounding royal families. Now, in Royals and the Reich, Jonathan Petropoulos uses unprecedented access to royal archives to tell the fascinating story of Queen Victoria's great-grandsons, the Princes of Hesse, and the important role they played in the Nazi regime. Petropolous tells the fascinating tale of how, lured by prominent positions in the Nazi regime and highly susceptible to nationalist appeals, the princes became enthusiastic supporters of Hitler and helped make the Nazis socially acceptable to wealthy, high-society patrons. Permitted access to Hessen family private papers and the Royal Archives at Windsor Castle, Petropoulos follows the story of the House of Hesse through to its tragic denouement - the princes' betrayal and persecution by an increasingly paranoid Hitler, followed by prosecution after the war.

About the Author
Jonathan Petropoulos is the John V. Croul Professor of European History at Claremont McKenna College, Southern California, and a former Visiting Fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge. The author of numerous books on Nazi Germany, including The Faustian Bargain (also published by Oxford University Press), he has also served as an expert witness in legal cases involving Holocaust victims' assets and organized several art exhibitions focusing on art and politics in Nazi Germany. He lives in Claremont, California.

Reviews
[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 *



Book Information
ISBN 9780199203772
Author Professor Jonathan Petropoulos
Format Hardback
Page Count 548
Imprint Oxford University Press
Publisher Oxford University Press
Weight(grams) 1g
Dimensions(mm) 240mm * 160mm * 34mm