The Wall Street Journal reports in its April 20, 2011 edition that the Head of the Bank of Italy, Mario Draghi, will almost certainly succeed Frenchman, Jean Claude Trichet, as the new Head of the European Central Bank — only… Continue Reading →

S&P, of the S&P 500, issued a warning to the U.S. today about it’s debt load — but it didn’t issue one to Germany. In the April 19, 2011 article in the Wall Street Journal entitled “US Warned On Debt… Continue Reading →

Captive At The Berghof begins during the summer of 1935 when the Wares to to Germany to celebrate the Anglo-German Naval Treaty. It ends during the Battle of First Alamein in July of 1942. It explores Hitler’s rapid rise during… Continue Reading →

Thomasina Edwina Ware, daughter of Colonel Sir Edward Ware, meets Hitler as a one-month old baby at Carinhall in the Shorfeheide Forest outside Berlin and is instantly enchanted with the “nice man” who presents her with gifts. As she grows… Continue Reading →

I was writing a novel about the next 9/11 called The Black Stone a couple of years back and was tracing the origins of Arab terrorism. Naturally this led me back to Lawrence of Arabia fighting the Arab Revolt during… Continue Reading →

Back in the 1930’s people generally thought the swastika symbolized a forward looking movement in Germany. They even thought it might be good for all of Europe, especially in the aftermath of the Great War. That’s why the character in… Continue Reading →

In the 1939 movie “The Women”, which wasn’t at all political, there is a casual reference to Hitler. It’s fascinating because it shows how he was regarded in the 30’s as faraway as America. One of the characters says she… Continue Reading →

Hitler’s kidnapping of the little girl, Thomasina Edwina Ware, is observed througout the novel from the point of view of Dora, Lady Ware. Lady Ware and her husband are buffeted about by Hitler’s doings and the doings of his chief… Continue Reading →

Hitler’s not exactly the type to bring to mind a father figure image, though he did like to hear himself called “mein Fuhrer” and gave out marital counseling advice and liked to matchmake. He did pose with various real little… Continue Reading →

Captive In The Berghof was originally book 3 in a 4 book series. First of all we had King Abdullah’s Tomb, which was originally entitled Those Who Dream By Day. Book two was called In the Shadow Of The Sphinx…. Continue Reading →