Kings, Queens and Fallen Monarchies

Explores the interwar movements to restore Europe's deposed royal houses, examining their political significance and influence on global power dynamics. Among the great hidden narratives of twentieth-century history are the movements in Europe which, between the two world wars, aimed to restore the royal and imperial houses forced out of power in 1918 (or, in Portugal’s case, eight years earlier). These efforts acquired media coverage and, often, strategic importance far greater than would be no