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Midnight in Berlin
James Macmanus
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Description for Midnight in Berlin
Paperback. The paperback of MacManus's brilliant historical novel: as the threat of war escalates in Berlin 1938, might clandestine love hold the key to an unlikely peace? Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FHD; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 31. Weight in Grams: 286.
Berlin, 1938. Newly-appointed military attache Noel Macrae and his extrovert wife Primrose arrive at the British Embassy. Prime Minister Chamberlain is intent on placating Nazi Germany, but Macrae is less so. Convinced Hitler can be stopped by other means than appeasement, he soon discovers he is not the only dissenting voice in the Embassy and finds that some senior officers in the German military are prepared to turn against the Fuhrer. Gathering vital intelligence, Macrae is drawn to Kitty Schmidt's Salon (a Nazi bordello) and its enigmatic Jewish hostess Sara Sternschein-a favourite of sadistic Gestapo boss Reinhard Heydrich. Sara is ... Read more
Berlin, 1938. Newly-appointed military attache Noel Macrae and his extrovert wife Primrose arrive at the British Embassy. Prime Minister Chamberlain is intent on placating Nazi Germany, but Macrae is less so. Convinced Hitler can be stopped by other means than appeasement, he soon discovers he is not the only dissenting voice in the Embassy and finds that some senior officers in the German military are prepared to turn against the Fuhrer. Gathering vital intelligence, Macrae is drawn to Kitty Schmidt's Salon (a Nazi bordello) and its enigmatic Jewish hostess Sara Sternschein-a favourite of sadistic Gestapo boss Reinhard Heydrich. Sara is ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780715651643
SKU
V9780715651643
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About James Macmanus
James MacManus is the managing director of The Times Literary Supplement. After studying at St Andrews University he began his career in journalism at the Daily Express in Manchester. Joining the Guardian in 1972, he later became Paris, and then Africa and Middle East Correspondent. His acclaimed debut work, Ocean Devil (2008), about the life of a young English adventurer ... Read more
Reviews for Midnight in Berlin
This book lived with me long after I d finished it as the courage and determination of those caught up in the pre-war whirlwind had dragged me into the reality and horror of the Third Reich
Diney Costeloe, author of The Throwaway Children Here is a well-informed, smoothly crafted, fast-paced novel based closely on events in Berlin during the ... Read more
Diney Costeloe, author of The Throwaway Children Here is a well-informed, smoothly crafted, fast-paced novel based closely on events in Berlin during the ... Read more