Secrets of the Notebook A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret

Name: Secrets of the Notebook A Woman's Quest to Uncover Her Royal Family Secret
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ISBN: 9781611459067

ISBN-10: 1611459060

ISBN-13: 9781611459067

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Authors: Eve Haas

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“The beautiful owner of this book is dearer to me than my life – August your protector.” This one sentence was the key to a mystery involving some of the greatest and most infamous figures in European history, from Frederick the Great to Napoleon and Hitler—and solved by the author of this book.Eve Haas is the daughter of a German Jewish family that took refuge in London after Hitler came to power. Following a terrifying air raid in the blitz, her father revealed the family secret, that her great-great grandmother Emilie was married to a Prussian prince. He then showed her the treasured leather-bound notebook inscribed to Emilie by the prince. Her parents were reluctant to learn more, but…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/3/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 280
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Prologue: The First Glimpse



Good-bye Berlin-Hello Hampstead



Granny Anna-No News from Prague



Meeting Emilie



The Call to Adventure



Return to Berlin



Crossing the Border



At the Castle Walls



Charming the Minister



The Disappearing Passports



The Opening of the Archives



My Great-Great-Grandfather-Prince August of Prussia



Gottschalk



Finding Emilie



Going to the Ball



The Assassin in the Palace and the Disappearance of Victor



The Death of the Prince



A Humble Plea



An Offer to Spy



Calling Their Bluff



The Prince in England



Visiting August



An Ally in Berlin



A Poisonous Legacy



Finding Charlotte



The Final Piece of the Puzzle



Tracking Down Isadore and Charlotte



The Vanished Palace



A Letter from the Grave


Epilogue Visiting Anna


Emilie's Plea to the King


Prince Wittgenstein's Reply


Eve's Family Tree


Acknowledgments