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Historical person

Prince Philipp of Hesse

1896–1980

Prince Philipp of Hesse was a German aristocrat connected by marriage to the Italian royal family and involved with Nazi Germany. His position links dynastic Europe with the politics and compromises of the fascist era.

In Rory Clements’s A Prince and a Spy, Prince George, Duke of Kent, meets his cousin Prince Philipp of Hesse, a committed Nazi with close access to Adolf Hitler.

Historical context

Historical periods linked to Prince Philipp of Hesse

Nazi Germany 1933–1945

Series

Series featuring Prince Philipp of Hesse (1 series)

Tom Wilde in Order

by Rory Clements 8 books 4.3

The Tom Wilde series follows an American-born Cambridge history professor drawn into British and Allied intelligence work from the crises of 1936 through the Second World War and the early Cold War. The novels combine espionage with political extremism, scientific research, royal scandal, propaganda and contested wartime memory.…

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