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“... and discipline. These, the Prussian virtues and the Prussian vices, are also the themes of Giles MacDonogh’s book. He believes that the good outweighed the bad: the problem of modern German history lay in Prussian weakness, not strength, as the spartan virtues were lost in the grandeur of imperial Germany. The tone is affectionate and often ...”

“... to the judge pronouncing the death sentence has become a tragic icon. It can be seen again in MacDonogh’s book, and on this page. From the middle Thirties onwards, some of Trott’s English acquaintances and even some of his friends lost faith in him and suspected him of being a Nazi fellow-traveller and worse: possibly a secret agent. There were three ...”