ebooks Salafism in Lebanon: From Apoliticism to Transnational Jihadism by Robert Rabil in History

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A New York Times bestseller; the true story of a girl who learns she's descended from a princess; told with the suspense of a Cold War thriller. “The beautiful owner of this book is dearer to me than my life – August your protector.” This one sentence was the key to a mystery involving some of the greatest and most infamous figures in European history; from Frederick the Great to Napoleon and Hitler—and solved by the author of this book. Eve Haas is the daughter of a German Jewish family that took refuge in London after Hitler came to power. Following a terrifying air raid in the blitz; her father revealed the family secret; that her great-great grandmother Emilie was married to a Prussian prince. He then showed her the leather-bound notebook inscribed to Emilie by the prince. Later in life; when Eve was married and inherited the diary; she became obsessed with proving this birthright. The Secrets of the Notebook tells how she follows the clues; from experts on European royalty in London to archives in West Germany and then; under threat of being arrested as a spy by the Communist regime; to an archive in East Germany that had never before opened its doors to the West. What she unearths is a love story set against the upheaval of the Napoleonic wars and the anti-Semitism of the Prussian court; and a ruse that both protected Emilie’s daughter and probably condemned her granddaughter—Eve’s beloved grandmother; Anna—to death in the Nazi camps. A New York Times and international bestseller; The Secrets of the Notebook is now being made into a major motion picture. Skyhorse Publishing; as well as our Arcade imprint; are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in history--books about World War II; the Third Reich; Hitler and his henchmen; the JFK assassination; conspiracies; the American Civil War; the American Revolution; gladiators; Vikings; ancient Rome; medieval times; the old West; and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a national bestseller; we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.