Contents

Prologue    The First Glimpse

  1    Good-bye Berlin—Hello Hampstead

  2    Granny Anna—No News from Prague

  3    Meeting Emilie

  4    The Call to Adventure

  5    Return to Berlin

  6    Crossing the Border

  7    At the Castle Walls

  8    Charming the Minister

  9    The Disappearing Passports

10    The Opening of the Archives

11    My Great-Great-Grandfather—Prince August of Prussia

12    Gottschalk

13    Finding Emilie

14    Going to the Ball

15    The Assassin in the Palace and the Disappearance of Victor

16    The Death of the Prince

17    A Humble Plea

18    An Offer to Spy

19    Calling Their Bluff

20    The Prince in England

21    Visiting August

22    An Ally in Berlin

23    A Poisonous Legacy

24    Finding Charlotte

25    The Final Piece of the Puzzle

26    Tracking Down Isadore and Charlotte

27    The Vanished Palace

28    A Letter from the Grave

Epilogue    Visiting Anna

Emilie’s Plea to the King

Prince Wittgenstein’s Reply

Eve’s Family Tree

Acknowledgments