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Hitler's girl : the British aristocracy and the Third Reich on the eve of WWII
- Title
- Hitler's girl : the British aristocracy and the Third Reich on the eve of WWII / Lauren Young.
- Author
- Young, Lauren (Lecturer)
- Publication
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- ©2022
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Details
- Description
- 229 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Hitler's Girl is a groundbreaking history that reveals how, in the 1930s, authoritarianism almost took hold in Great Britain as it did in Italy and Germany. Drawing on recently declassified intelligence files, Lauren Young details how sympathy for the Nazi cause pervaded the British aristocracy, with significant factions of the upper class actively and methodically pursuing a pro-German agenda. She discloses how these aristocrats formed a murky Fifth Column to Nazi Germany, which depended on their complacency and complicity to shake England's proud and long-standing democratic tradition"--Dust jacket flap.
- This alternative history of 1930s Britain examines how fascist sympathizers in the aristocracy nearly helped authoritarianism take hold in Great Britain as it did in Italy and Germany, through secret organizations like the Right Club.
- Subject
- Mitford, Unity, 1914-1948
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 > Friends and associates
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
- 1900-1999
- Fascism > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Aristocracy (Social class) > Great Britain > History > 20th century
- Aristocracy (Social class)
- Fascism
- Friendship
- Politics and government
- Friends and associates
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1910-1936
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1936-1945
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index.
- Contents
- German fascism crosses the English Channel -- More dangerous than the Blackshirts: secret right-wing movements in Britain -- A short history of the long history of British anti-semitism -- The debutante Nazi -- "Sweet Dr. Goebbels": fascist friendships -- Whose side? The other story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor - The Wolkoff affair -- Hitler's girl -- Afterword: Hitler's child?
- Call Number
- JFE 22-5125
- ISBN
- 9780062936738
- 0062936735
- OCLC
- 1339099560
- Author
- Young, Lauren (Lecturer), author.
- Title
- Hitler's girl : the British aristocracy and the Third Reich on the eve of WWII / Lauren Young.
- Publisher
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-214) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 22-5125