Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS -- 1. Political and Economic Power on the Middle Rhine -- 2. Romanticism and Nationalism on the Middle Rhine -- 3. Monuments and Documents on the Middle Rhine -- PART TWO: VINDICATING THE OLD REGIME -- 4. The Holy Alliance in Stone -- 5. Hohenzollern Dreams -- 6. King of the Rhineland -- 7. The Hohenzollerns at the Hunt -- 8. The "Cartridge Prince" and His Consort -- PART THREE: BUTTRESSING THE STATUS QUO -- 9. A Justification of Aristocratic Privilege -- 10. The Fulfilment of Bourgeois Ambition -- PART FOUR: DEFENDING THE REICH -- 11. Symbols of German Unity -- 12. Monument to German Glory -- PART FIVE: SECURING THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE -- 13. To Entertain, Enlighten, and Exploit the Traveller -- 14. To Study the German Past -- 15. To Teach the Young and the Ignorant -- PART SIX: CONCLUSION -- 16. "Can Stones Speak?" -- APPENDICES -- 1. Glossary of Architectural Terms Used -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z -- 2. Medieval Fantasies -- 3. Hohenzollern Castle Projects Outside the Rhineland -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.