Products specifications
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Author
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Rebecca Donner |
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Pub Date
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04/08/2022 |
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Binding
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Paperback / softback |
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Pages
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576 |
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Country
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United Kingdom |
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Dewey
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943.086092 |
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GBPPrice
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12.99 |
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Availability
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Available |
SELECTED AS A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
Born and raised in America, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six and living in Germany when she witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. She began holding secret meetings in her apartment, forming a small band of political activists set on helping Jews escape, denouncing Hitler and calling for revolution. When the Second World War began, she became a spy, couriering top-secret intelligence to the Allies.
In this astonishing work of non-fiction, Harnack's great-great-niece Rebecca Donner draws on extensive archival research, fusing elements of biography, political thriller and scholarly detective story to tell a powerful, epic tale of an enigmatic woman nearly erased by history.
