The real housewives of the Third Reich: Wealth, power and petty rivalries
WHO among us hasn’t felt that schadenfreudian thrill of wondering, “How on Earth can she be married to him?” (Apologies, Ms Chao!) At once superior and voyeuristic, the question assumes that the woman is perfectly nice, even charming, while her husband is – by dint of affect, arrogance, offensive opinions or lack of appropriate social inhibition – actively repellent.
The mystery of any marriage becomes more
