isbn 9781849830157  Simon & Schuster, 2014

No two countries in Europe possess a stronger history of cultural and familial sympathy than Britain and Germany.  These stories, recovered from a wealth of unpublished material, remind us of this long-standing friendship, largely obliterated by Hitler and the Nazi regime.  The stories here are of emperors, kings and queens; travellers, writers, artist, students and political exiles; of ambassadors, reformers and families; all so closely woven into the fabric of both countries that when war came, divided loyalties ripped them apart.  512pp, photos.