{"product_id":"athene-palace-ernest-latham-9781592110087","title":"Athene Palace","description":"As European capitals fell during 1940 and 1941, there swarmed to the Athene Palace--Bucharest's Grand Hotel--diplomats, generals, Gestapo spies, and \u003ci\u003edemi-mondaines\u003c\/i\u003e from all over Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArriving at the crowded Athene Palace on the day Paris fell in June 1940, American journalist Rosa Goldschmidt Waldeck observed, for the next seven months, the events that unfolded and the international figures that made Romania Europe's last sensational hotbed of intrigue and color. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHitler's beautiful feminine agents held court in the Athene Palace lobby within eyeshot of British diplomats, while around them moved fifth columnists, German economists and generals, American and English diplomats and newspapermen--all of whom made the Athene Palace the most glamorous spot on the continent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dramatic events of this turbulent period are described here chiefly in terms of personalities: Carol and Lupescu, Antonescu and Dr. Clodius, Nazi \u003ci\u003eGauleiters\u003c\/i\u003e, British Quislings, Romanian appeasers, and all the types who dominated the scene of World War II Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published during the Second World War, this new edition of \u003ci\u003eAthene Palace\u003c\/i\u003e is enhanced by a thorough introductory study on the author's life and work by Ernest H. Latham, Jr., former cultural attaché at the American Embassy in Bucharest. Dr. Latham is a well-known specialist in Romanian history and has done extensive research on American and British journalists in Romania during World War II.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ernest Latham,R. Waldeck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1592110088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781592110087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Center for Romanian Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Ernest Latham","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49096995340543,"sku":"9781592110087","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/athene-palace-ernest-latham-9781592110087","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}