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Unabridged
ISBN:
9780307914606
Inhalt:
" Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes. New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history. A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the New Germany, she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler's true character and ruthless ambition. Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Gö,ing and the expectedly charming yet wholly sinister Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror."
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Biographisches: "ERIK LARSON is the author of the national bestsellers Thunderstruck , The Devil in the White City , and Isaac's Storm . ErikLarsonBooks.com" Rezension(2): " The New York Times : By far his best and most enthralling work of novelistic historyPowerful, poignant...a transportingly true story." Rezension(3): " Financial Times :Tells a fascinating story brilliantly well." Rezension(4): " Christian Science Monitor :Highly compelling...Larson brings Berlin roaring to life in all its glamour and horror...a welcome new chapter in the vast canon of World War II." Rezension(5): " Los Angeles Times :Terrific." Rezension(6): " Newsweek :A stunning work of history." Rezension(7): " The New York Times Book Review :Larson has meticulously researched the Dodds' intimate witness to Hitler's ascendancy and created an edifying narrative of this historical byway that has all the pleasures of a political thrillera fresh picture of these terrrible events." Rezension(8): " Women's Wear Daily : Larson has taken a brilliant idea and turned it into a gripping book." Rezension(9): " Vogue.com :Harrowingly suspenseful." Rezension(10): " Louisville Courier Journal :A gripping, deeply-intimate narrative with a climax that reads like the best political thriller, where we are stunned with each turn of the page." Rezension(11): " Minneapolis Star-Tribune :Electrifying reading...fascinating." Rezension(12): " Asbury Park Press :Larson's latest chronicle of history has as much excitement as a thriller novel, and it's all the more thrilling because it's all true." Rezension(13): " Toronto Globe and Mail :A superb book...nothing less than masterful." Rezension(14): " Portland Herald :Even though we know how it will end -- the book's climax, the Night of the Long Knives, being just the beginning, this is a page-turner, full of flesh and blood people and monsters too, whose charms are particularly disturbing." Rezension(15): " Maclean's Magazine :Larson succeeds brilliantly...offers a fascinating window into the year when the world began its slow slide into war." Rezension(16): " BookReporter.com :Erik Larson tackles this outstanding period of history as fully and compellingly as he portrayed the events in his bestseller, THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY. With each page, more horrors are revealed, making it impossible to put down. IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS reads like the true thriller it is." Rezension(17): " Cleveland Plain Dealer :Larson's strengths as a storyteller have never been stronger than they are here, and this story is far more important than either The Devil in the White City or Thunderstruck. How the United States dithered as Hitler rose to power is a cautionary tale that bears repeating, and Larson has told it masterfully." Rezension(18): " The Washington Post :Reads like an elegant thriller...utterly compelling... marvelous stuff. An excellent and entertaining book that deserves to be a bestseller, and probably will be." Rezension(19): " Pittsburgh Review : Larson's scholarship is impressive, but it's his pacing and knack for suspense that elevates the book from the matter-of-fact to the sublime." Rezension(20): " People (:A master at writing true tales as riveting as fiction." Rezension(21): "〈a href=http://www.audiofilemagazine.com target=_blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/audiofile_logo.jpg alt=AudioFile Magazine border=0 /〉〈/a〉:Professor William E. Dodd, FDR's fifth choice for the post of American ambassador to Germany in 1933, was na•ve and unsuited to the lavish diplomatic highlife. However, his flamboyant daughter, Martha, fit right in, growing infatuated with Berlin and Nazism. Stephen Hoye narrates Erik Larson's absorbing look at pre-WWII Germany, when Germany was crawling back from political and economic upheaval. Using journals, letters, and secondary and archival source material, Larson recounts the increasingly chaotic environment of diminishing civil rights, increasing anti-Semitism, violence, and brutality. Hoye's gripping performance chills to the soul. Dodd's warnings to Washington of Hitler's dark motives went unheeded partly because Washington feared that, if censured, Germany wouldn't pay its postwar debts. Hoye's edgy reading makes familiar events seem no less nightmarish. S.J.H. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine"
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