Charles Edward Of Saxe Coburg

Author : Alan R. Rushton
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527518438

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Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg by Alan R. Rushton Pdf

Charles Edward was ruler of the German Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, president of the German Red Cross, and the grandson of Queen Victoria. He was closely allied with the rise of Adolf Hitler and the implementation of eugenic policies designed to improve German racial health. When war began in 1939, Hitler ordered a secret program of murder by poison gas and starvation to eliminate the mentally and physically handicapped “ballast people”; approximately 250,000 people were eventually killed. Readers in medicine, law, sociology and history will be interested in this tragic story of a weak-willed, but powerful Nazi leader who facilitated this murderous program, even though one of his own relatives died in the “euthanasia” scheme. Although Charles Edward traveled to neutral countries during the war, he did nothing to broadcast the inhumane treatment of his own and thousands of other families whose relatives disappeared into the murder machine.

Author : Edward Tauerschmidt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1840
Category : Bavaria (Germany)
ISBN : BL:A0017380078

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Prince Albert's Ancestry by Edward Tauerschmidt Pdf

Author : Karina Urbach
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191008672

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Go-Betweens for Hitler by Karina Urbach Pdf

This is the untold story of how some of Germany's top aristocrats contributed to Hitler's secret diplomacy during the Third Reich, providing a direct line to their influential contacts and relations across Europe — especially in Britain, where their contacts included the press baron and Daily Mail owner Lord Rothermere and the future King Edward VIII. Using previously unexplored sources from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and the USA, Karina Urbach unravels the story of top-level go-betweens such as the Duke of Coburg, grandson of Queen Victoria, and the seductive Stephanie von Hohenlohe, who rose from a life of poverty in Vienna to become a princess and an intimate of Adolf Hitler. As Urbach shows, Coburg and other senior aristocrats were tasked with some of Germany's most secret foreign policy missions from the First World War onwards, culminating in their role as Hitler's trusted go-betweens, as he readied Germany for conflict during the 1930s — and later, in the Second World War. Tracing what became of these high-level go-betweens in the years after the Nazi collapse in 1945 — from prominent media careers to sunny retirements in Marbella — the book concludes with an assessment of their overall significance in the foreign policy of the Third Reich.

Author : Dean Palmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1803990112

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Tea with Hitler by Dean Palmer Pdf

A revelatory look at how the British royal family became divided by two world wars

Author : Jane Ridley
Publisher : Random House
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780812994759

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The Heir Apparent by Jane Ridley Pdf

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND THE BOSTON GLOBE This richly entertaining biography chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria’s firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarch as Britain has ever seen. Granted unprecedented access to the royal archives, noted scholar Jane Ridley draws on numerous primary sources to paint a vivid portrait of the man and the age to which he gave his name. Born Prince Albert Edward, and known to familiars as “Bertie,” the future King Edward VII had a well-earned reputation for debauchery. A notorious gambler, glutton, and womanizer, he preferred the company of wastrels and courtesans to the dreary life of the Victorian court. His own mother considered him a lazy halfwit, temperamentally unfit to succeed her. When he ascended to the throne in 1901, at age fifty-nine, expectations were low. Yet by the time he died nine years later, he had proven himself a deft diplomat, hardworking head of state, and the architect of Britain’s modern constitutional monarchy. Jane Ridley’s colorful biography rescues the man once derided as “Edward the Caresser” from the clutches of his historical detractors. Excerpts from letters and diaries shed new light on Bertie’s long power struggle with Queen Victoria, illuminating one of the most emotionally fraught mother-son relationships in history. Considerable attention is paid to King Edward’s campaign of personal diplomacy abroad and his valiant efforts to reform the political system at home. Separating truth from legend, Ridley also explores Bertie’s relationships with the women in his life. Their ranks comprised his wife, the stunning Danish princess Alexandra, along with some of the great beauties of the era: the actress Lillie Langtry, longtime “royal mistress” Alice Keppel (the great-grandmother of Camilla Parker Bowles), and Lady Randolph Churchill, mother of Winston. Edward VII waited nearly six decades for his chance to rule, then did so with considerable panache and aplomb. A magnificent life of an unexpectedly impressive king, The Heir Apparent documents the remarkable transformation of a man—and a monarchy—at the dawn of a new century. Praise for The Heir Apparent “If [The Heir Apparent] isn’t the definitive life story of this fascinating figure of British history, then nothing ever will be.”—The Christian Science Monitor “The Heir Apparent is smart, it’s fascinating, it’s sometimes funny, it’s well-documented and it reads like a novel, with Bertie so vivid he nearly leaps from the page, cigars and all.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “I closed The Heir Apparent with admiration and a kind of wry exhilaration.”—The Wall Street Journal “Ridley is a serious scholar and historian, who keeps Bertie’s flaws and virtues in a fine balance.”—The Boston Globe “Brilliantly entertaining . . . a landmark royal biography.”—The Sunday Telegraph “Superb.”—The New York Times Book Review

Author : E. Gordon Browne
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781775458029

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Queen Victoria by E. Gordon Browne Pdf

One of the most storied and influential rulers in modern history, Queen Victoria's long reign defined the character of the nineteenth century throughout much of Europe. This insightful and comprehensive biography from E. Gordon Browne presents a first-hand account of the queen and the myriad social, political, and cultural changes wrought by the so-called Grandmother of Europe.

Author : Marie Belloc Lowndes
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547619178

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His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII by Marie Belloc Lowndes Pdf

"His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII" by Marie Belloc Lowndes is a biographical account that offers a glimpse into the life and reign of King Edward VII. Lowndes paints a vivid portrait of this influential monarch, capturing his personality, achievements, and the significant events of his era. With meticulous research and engaging storytelling, this book provides historical context and sheds light on the impact of King Edward VII's reign on the British monarchy and society. It is a compelling read for history enthusiasts and anyone interested in the royal history of Britain.

Author : Victoria (Queen of Great Britain),Empress Victoria (consort of Frederick III, German Emperor)
Publisher : Holt McDougal
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39076005440172

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Dearest Mama by Victoria (Queen of Great Britain),Empress Victoria (consort of Frederick III, German Emperor) Pdf

Author : Donald Spoto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0671002309

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The Decline and Fall of the House of Windsor by Donald Spoto Pdf

Biography of the Royal Family of Great Britain from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II that reveals new information about many family members and examines the difficulties that celebrity status has brought to the family.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, British
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015748150

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The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book by Anonim Pdf

Author : Great Britain. Foreign Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, British
ISBN : PRNC:32101074207752

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The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Year Book for ... by Great Britain. Foreign Office Pdf

Author : John Clarke,Jasper Godwin Ridley
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : 0520228014

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The Houses of Hanover and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha by John Clarke,Jasper Godwin Ridley Pdf

Each of these lavishly illustrated books serves up a brief and manageable portion of the Fraser-edited and much-touted Lives of the Kings and Queens of England. A set of six jewels for Fraser's crown.

Author : A. N. Wilson
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 658 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780143127871

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Victoria by A. N. Wilson Pdf

Explores the life of Queen Victoria from her so-called "miserable childhood" to her early years of political inexperience, her publicly criticized marriage to Prince Albert, and the last decades of her rule as Empress of India.

Author : Richard Sotnick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Europe
ISBN : 0955712505

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The Coburg Conspiracy by Richard Sotnick Pdf

At the dawn of the nineteenth century, the Duchy of Coburg, ruled by the Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield (later Saxe-Coburg-Gotha) family, was a small, impoverished German fiefdom with no political influence, and little prospect of improving its lot. Less than fifty years later, the family had transformed its position. Their finances were healthy and they held, or were closely related to, many of the crowns of Europe. By the beginning of the twentieth century, the genes of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family ran in no fewer than thirteen royal families. Just how did they achieve this astonishing turnaround? Queen Victoria's marriage to Prince Albert, and the subsequent marriages of their many, highly eligible, offspring, is well known. But Richard Sotnick gives a new twist to the story by concentrating on the earlier, less well-documented period, when the most astute of the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha family - Leopold, Prince Albert's uncle and subsequently King of the Belgians, and his mother, the Dowager Duchess Augusta - worked behind the scenes. Richard Sotnick draws on contemporary family documents, most in the original German and only made available to the public since the reunification of Germany. He tells of Prince Albert's mother, the tragic Luise, whose scandalous divorce resulted in her being exiled for life and banished from her sons. And he explores the rumours around Albert's paternity, proposing three plausible candidates for his fatherhood.

Author : Andrew Morton
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455527090

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17 Carnations by Andrew Morton Pdf

From the author of New York Times bestseller MEGHAN comes a scandalous historical drama about the secrets hidden between the royal family, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II. Andrew Morton tells the story of the feckless Edward VIII, later Duke of Windsor, his American wife, Wallis Simpson, the bizarre wartime Nazi plot to make him a puppet king after the invasion of Britain, and the attempted cover-up by Churchill, General Eisenhower, and King George VI of the duke's relations with Hitler. From the alleged affair between Simpson and the German foreign minister to the discovery of top secret correspondence about the man dubbed "the traitor king" and the Nazi high command, this is a saga of intrigue, betrayal, and deception suffused with a heady aroma of sex and suspicion. For the first time, Morton reveals the full story behind the cover-up of those damning letters and diagrams: the daring heist ordered by King George VI, the smooth duplicity of a Soviet spy as well as the bitter rows and recriminations among the British and American diplomats, politicians, and academics. Drawing on FBI documents, exclusive pictures, and material from the German, Russian, and British royal archives, as well as the personal correspondence of Churchill, Eisenhower, and the Windsors themselves, 17 CARNATIONS is a dazzling historical drama, full of adventure, intrigue, and startling revelations, written by a master of the genre.