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David Rintoul
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Robert Harris
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From the best-selling 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 Führer'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?
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- J. E. Wells
- 02-12-17
A fascinating insight...
Into the origins is WW2. I find Robert Harris had to get into initially but always well worth preservering
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- Jonathan
- 31-10-17
Exquisite
I Loved this book and from the very 1st chapter I was absorbed into the late 1930's pre World war. With all the lethal tooing and froing that was so true back then.
The writing is like reading a history book as was the accuracy of it.
Finally and not least the narration by David Rintoul is excellent, this book really is a must read for all that are curious about those times.
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- Gill
- 23-12-17
Beautifully read story
Set in 1938, I would recommend this book to anyone interested in WWII and the Third Reich. A great story, suspenseful even though we all know the eventual outcome. Superb reading by David Rintoul, especially the contrast between the quietly spoken English characters and the more forceful German ones, including Hitler. Very enjoyable listening - I will seek out other audiobooks read by him.
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- REW1966
- 12-11-17
Fascinating Insight into a Misunderstood Time
I have studied the interwar years at school, university, and beyond with particular reference to Hitler's Germany. I, in common with most of my peers, viewed Chamberlain's attempts at appeasing Hitler rather sneeringly - regarding him as a naive, deluded figure. This book has given me a new and better perspective.
The writing is classic Robert Harris - understated yet all the more powerful for it. The characters and their dialogue are utterly believable, which is just as well because most are genuine historical figures. I believe the two main protagonists are fictional, but no less believable for it.
David Rintoul's delivery is spot-on, enhancing what I would normally read to myself.
I highly recommend this audiobook and will, no doubt, be listening to it again. REW.
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- Phil Grace
- 29-01-18
Fascinating
Gives an interesting perspective on the Munich peace talks, all with an exciting storyline. Absorbing.
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- Mr. Chris Abrey
- 18-10-17
Totally absorbing.
Difficult to stop listening to. Expertly crafted exciting narrative with some moving poetic passages. Thought provoking.
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- Les Gordon
- 06-10-17
A Historical Thriller
Excellent book thoroughly enjoyed. Robert Harris made this story a real life thriller. Excellently narrated, a well deserved 5*. Can’t wait to download my next Robert Harris book.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-18
Wonderful.
Beautifully written and excellently portrayed. Brought to life a crucial point in the worlds history which has hitherto been seen in many different ways.
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- Mary Carnegie
- 01-10-17
Another great Harris/Rintoul Audiobook
Robert Harris writes believable historical fiction (or political fiction, alternative history). His prose style is smooth and articulate. Comparison with the historical fiction of Ken Follett (Column of Fire) issued a few days before underlines Harris’s infinite superiority and Rintoul’s skill as a narrator!
Most of the personages in the book are real people- the ones we see in old Pathé newsreels, saw on TV news as children, and the main (fictional) protagonists, once friends at university, estranged for six years as Hitler rises to power, after a difficult holiday in Munich. Fate, with some help, brings them back to Munich, as Chamberlain desperately tries to avert war.
With the release of secret government documents as time allows, has resulted in historians reassessing Chamberlain’s actions in 1938 more positively, and Harris has followed this line, and added some speculative tension to the real horror of 1938 - the building of primitive fortifications in central London, issuing of gas masks to adults and children (babies too), the exodus from London of anyone fortunate enough to have somewhere to go!
Rintoul as usual reads the story with clear diction, well paced, and tackles dialogue in German, French and Italian (always translated to English, so don’t panic if you’re not a polyglot) with convincing pronunciation and fluency.
Literate, but never pompous or condescending, as we expect of Harris. Look forward to his next book!
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- Kindle Customer
- 29-09-17
must read
an amazing book which needs a read, if you want to understand more about hitler, here is a good start
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