The Fall of the House of Savoy: A Study in the Relevance of the Commonplace or the Vulgarity of History

The House of Savoy began in the eleventh century with Humbert the Whitehanded and, except for the thirty-four-day kingship of Humbert II, ended with the cession of Victor Emmanuel III in 1946...... Katz surveys the entire history of the dynasty, concentrating especially on the forty-six-year reign of Victor Emmanuel III who was the truest symbol of the House of Savoy.... (from front cover flap)