Prince Mihail R. Sturdza was a descendant of an ancient and influential boyar family that had shaped Romanian history for generations. He served as a career diplomat in major capitals, including Washington, Vienna, and Copenhagen, before his brief and turbulent tenure as (September 1940 – January 1941) under the National Legionary State.

This feature explores controversial and profound memoir, România și sfârșitul Europei: Amintiri din țara pierdută (often titled The Suicide of Europe in English).

A high-ranking diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sturdza offers a firsthand account of the political decay and eventual collapse of interwar Romania during one of the darkest periods of the 20th century.

His political alignment with the (the Legionary Movement) and his role in the government during the Axis alliance ultimately led to his conviction as a war criminal in absentia. He spent his later years in exile, primarily in Madrid, where he wrote these memoirs as a defense of his actions and a warning to the West. Core Themes: "The Suicide of Europe"

The book is deeply biased, portraying the Iron Guard and its leader, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu , as the only true defenders of Romanian national interests against a corrupt political class.

Sturdza’s narrative is less a traditional autobiography and more a scathing critique of the "conspiracy" he believed led to World War II.