The Paris Architect: by Charles Belfoure, Naperville, IL, Sourcebook Landmark, 2014, 400 pp., $8.23 (cloth), $7.59 (paper), $9.44 (Kindle).

Twenty-four capitals of Nazi-occupied countries suffered grievously under the jackboot heel of the Third Reich. Herzog exemplifies the best the Third Reich might have amounted to save for Hitler's depraved and delusional influence (which Herzog despises). At the same time Manet's many factories produce armaments for the Third Reich, and he has a delighted Lucien design new showcase factories. [Extracted from the article]