Good-bye Berlin -- hello Hampstead -- Granny Anna -- no news from Prague -- Meeting Emilie -- The call to adventure -- Return to Berlin -- Crossing the border -- At the castle walls -- Charming the minister -- The disappearing passports -- The opening of the archives -- My Great-Great-Grandfather -- prince August of Prussia -- Gottschalk -- Finding Emilie -- Going to the ball -- The assassin in the palace and the disappearance of Victor -- The death of the Prince -- A humble plea -- An offer to spy -- Calling their bluff -- The Prince in England -- Visiting August -- An ally in Berlin -- A poisonous legacy -- Finding Charlotte -- The final piece of the puzzle -- Tracking down Isadore and Charlotte -- The vanished palace -- A letter from the grave

Inheriting a family diary that reveals she is descended from a Prussian princess, the daughter of a German Jewish family, obsessed with proving this birthright, follows the clues and unearths a love story set against the upheaval of the Napoleonic wars and the anti-Semitism of the Prussian court