Royalty

Purple Secret: Genes, “Madness” and the Royal Houses of Europe

May 12, 2022

By John C. G. Röhl (NHC Fellow, 1997–98) and David Hunt First published in 1998, this is a study, based on DNA sequencing, that traces the porphyria stain through the genealogical maze of Europe's royal dynasties to the present day descendants of the Houses of Hanover and Windsor, and the consequences it might have had … Continued

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The Indian Princes and Their States

May 12, 2022

By Barbara N. Ramusack (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) Although the princes of India have been caricatured as oriental despots and British stooges, Barbara Ramusack's study argues that the British did not create the princes. On the contrary, many were consummate politicians who exercised considerable degrees of autonomy until the disintegration of the princely states after independence. … Continued

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