Volume IV of "Royal Collections" serie. The Grand Ducal House of Hesse, the descendants of the Hesse and by Rhine (Hesse-Darmstadt) branch of the Hessian dynasty is one of the most beloved dynasties of the European Gotha. The chapters include:
1. The Ancient House of Hesse – From Medieval to Reformation Hesse: 1264-1567
2. The Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt: 1567-1790
3. A New Grand Duchy: 1806-1848
4. Grand Duke Ludwig IV and his Siblings: 1848-1877
5. Darmstadt and Windsor: Ludwig IV and the English Connection
6. The Battenbergs – Prince Alexander and his lady
7. The Greek-Battenberg Alliance – The Royal House of Greece: Alice and Andreas
8. Russian Turmoil and Pre-Sarajevo Days – The Great War and the Mountbattens
9. The Next Generation Settles Down (1920-1940): The Greek Princesses, Don & Lu, the Mountbattens – Joys and Tragedies
10. The Mountbatten-Windsor Connection: A Greek Prince in England and the Milfor Havens
11. The End of a Long Line: Lu and Peg After Steene
12. The Women of Darmstadt
13. Epilogue.
Hardback edition, fully illustrated (just like the previous volumes) with 400 rare photographs, in English, 336 pages, size 28x23cm.