PublishedHutchinson, October 2017 |
ISBN9780091959203 |
FormatSoftcover, 352 pages |
Dimensions23.4cm × 15.3cm × 2.5cm |
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATHERLAND, CONCLAVE AND AN OFFICER AND A SPY.
September 1938
Hitler is determined to start a war.
Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace.
The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there.
Munich.
As Chamberlain's plane judders over the Channel and the F hrer's train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own.
Hugh Legat is one of Chamberlain's private secretaries; Paul Hartmann a German diplomat and member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Great friends at Oxford before Hitler came to power, they haven't seen one another since they were last in Munich six years earlier. Now, as the future of Europe hangs in the balance, their paths are destined to cross again.
When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience?
Bill is one of the founders of Boffins and has been involved in selecting the books we stock since our beginning in 1989. His favourite reading is history, with psychology, current affairs, and business books coming close behind. His hobbies are reading, food, reading, drinking, reading, and sleeping.
There’s nothing like a good, racy historical thriller to while away a miserable day. And the weather hasn’t been kind to us so I’ve needed a few lately. Robert Harris has written numerous fabulous books – his series on ancient Rome are among my favourites. But my favourite Robert Harris books are the ones set around the time of World War 2, like Fatherland and Enigma. So I’m delighted that he’s penned us another novel set in this time. It’s set in 1938, at the Munich Conference, and it’s a real page-turner. Cancel all appointments before you start page 1. This is compelling fictionalised history. Chamberlain is faced with a situation, as the world faces today with North Korea, in which options don’t appear to be available. Two fictionalised characters, Paul Hartman, a German diplomat and a member of the anti-Hitler resistance, and Hugh Legat, one of Chamberlain’s private secretaries, were friends at Oxford, but haven’t met since Hitler came to power. Now their paths cross again, and this time the stakes are high.
