Athene Palace

by R Waldeck, Ernest H. Latham Jr. (Introduction)

Overview

As European capitals fell during 1940 and 1941, there swarmed to the Athene Palace, Bucharest' s Grand Hotel, diplomats, generals, Gestapo spies, and demi-mondaines from all over Europe. Arriving at the crowded Athene Palace on the day Paris fell in June 1940, American female journalist Rosie Goldschmidt Waldeck observed for the next seven months all the events that unfolded and the international figures that made Romania Europe' s last sensational hotbed of intrigue and color. On the surface, this is a fast-moving, dramatic book, as readable as a novel, but it is also a most effective dissection of the Nazi New Order.This penetrating insight into the German administration of Europe reveals the reasons underlying the failure of the Nazi regime. Originally published during the Second World War, this new edition of Athene Palace is enhanced by a thorough introductory study on the author' s life and work by Ernest H. Latham, Jr., a well-known specialist in Romanian history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592112944
Publisher:	Histria Books
Publication date:	10/01/2022
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	382
File size:	5 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction Ernest H. Latham, Jr 7

Acknowledgment 52

Chapter I Romanian Scene 53

Chapter II Athene Palace 79

Chapter III The Germans 99

Chapter IV Fifth Column 117

Chapter V Bessarabia 137

Chapter VI Transylvania 159

Chapter VII The King 187

Chapter VIII Abdication 207

Chapter IX Regina Mama 219

Chapter X Bloodless Revolution 233

Chapter XI Military Mission 261

Chapter XII The Hohe Tier 277

Chapter XIII November In Bucharest 295

Chapter XIV German Order 321

Chapter XV Romanian Finale 343

Epilogue 375

Editorial Reviews

"...an extraordinary and impressively informative history that will prove to be an enduringly welcome addition to the growing body of World War II histories."

Midwest Book Review