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A review by socraticgadfly
Hitler's Girl: The British Aristocracy and the Third Reich on the Eve of WWII by Lauren Young, Lauren Young
fast-paced
0.25
The ONLY two reasons I can think of this extended-pamphlet screed being published by a reputable publisher are to cash in on:
A. The notorious cover photo of The Sun showing Edward teaching the future Elizabeth II the Nazi salute and
B. The warmongering related to the Russia-Ukraine War (and a sidebar on Brexit, in the UK).
This book is crap, and yes, at its small page count plus large font and even larger leading, it's an overblown pamphlet.
Calls Edward the "Duke of Windsor" before his abdication, when he was of course Prince of Wales before becoming king.
Calls the pre-1917 House of Windsor "the House of Battenberg" rather than actual Saxe-Coburg-Gotha," EVEN THOUGH mentioning Edward's cousin, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha!
Beyond errors of fact? As MShelton notes in detail at Goodreads, Young will make second or third references to a person and write as though she had never mentioned them before. Also, she misframes what appeasement was about under Chamberlain. (That's in addition to getting dates wrong.) So do many warmonger liberals in the US and UK in the past 12 months. By speaking at Munich, Zelensky played these people like putty. (Apologies, of a sort, to non-leftist liberal friends on this list, but I'm calling this one as I see it.)
The idea of the suicide attempt as a fake? Definitely refuted, per Unity's Wiki page and the aftereffects of the shooting. While not positively falsified, the idea of "Hitler's baby mama" is also undercut.
This is one of those reviews where I conclude by saying: "Don't read this author again."
A. The notorious cover photo of The Sun showing Edward teaching the future Elizabeth II the Nazi salute and
B. The warmongering related to the Russia-Ukraine War (and a sidebar on Brexit, in the UK).
This book is crap, and yes, at its small page count plus large font and even larger leading, it's an overblown pamphlet.
Calls Edward the "Duke of Windsor" before his abdication, when he was of course Prince of Wales before becoming king.
Calls the pre-1917 House of Windsor "the House of Battenberg" rather than actual Saxe-Coburg-Gotha," EVEN THOUGH mentioning Edward's cousin, the Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha!
Beyond errors of fact? As MShelton notes in detail at Goodreads, Young will make second or third references to a person and write as though she had never mentioned them before. Also, she misframes what appeasement was about under Chamberlain. (That's in addition to getting dates wrong.) So do many warmonger liberals in the US and UK in the past 12 months. By speaking at Munich, Zelensky played these people like putty. (Apologies, of a sort, to non-leftist liberal friends on this list, but I'm calling this one as I see it.)
The idea of the suicide attempt as a fake? Definitely refuted, per Unity's Wiki page and the aftereffects of the shooting. While not positively falsified, the idea of "Hitler's baby mama" is also undercut.
This is one of those reviews where I conclude by saying: "Don't read this author again."
Content Warnings
This book is crap