Kershaw, A: Envoy
(Sprache: Englisch)
"With the nail-biting suspense of a winning novelist...Kershaw has delivered a masterpiece about Raoul Wallenberg."--"New York Journal of Books"
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"With the nail-biting suspense of a winning novelist...Kershaw has delivered a masterpiece about Raoul Wallenberg."--"New York Journal of Books"
Autoren-Porträt von Alex Kershaw
Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed bestsellers The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Few, and Escape from the Deep, as well as biographies of both Jack London and Robert Capa. He lives in Massachusetts.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Alex Kershaw
- 336 Seiten, Maße: 14,6 x 22,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Hachette Book Group USA
- ISBN-10: 0306820439
- ISBN-13: 9780306820434
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.11.2011
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Englisch
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"Booklist," July 2010"From a best-selling and vibrant writer, the compelling story of how a Swedish diplomat saved 100,000 Hungarian Jews from deportation to the death camps. Many books have been called major contributions to Holocaust literature, but in this case, the claim is true.""Kirkus Reviews," 9/1/10"The life of a courageous, righteous man well told." "Booklist," 10/1/10"A tense, fast-moving narrative that shows Wallenberg as a match for Eichmann in intelligence and determination as he utilized fake documents, safe houses, and a variety of other methods to save thousands of Jewish lives. This is an inspiring story that illustrates how one dedicated human can make an impact, even against a monstrous tyranny." "WWII Magazine""The entwined tales of Raoul Wallenberg and Adolf Eichmann, revisited with new research and this best-selling writer's narrative flair." "New York"" Journal of Books," 10/29/10 "Kershaw dramatically pulls the reader into the diabolical campaign of Adolf Eichmann...With the nail-biting suspense of a winning novelist, Kershaw uses solid research and anecdotal data to show how it felt to be just one step ahead of the SS ... Alex Kershaw has delivered a masterpiece about Raul Wallenberg, as witnessed from every perspective." WomenAroundTown.com, 11/11/10"[Y]ou must read everything you can find by Alex Kershaw."" Library Journal," 11/11/10"An interesting conjunction of two World War II figures, one heroic and one evil, this will most interest general readers just starting to study the Holocaust, although some of Kershaw's details will also interest specialists."\ "Boston"" Sunday Globe, "11/14/10"A historical account as vivid and suspenseful as any thriller." "The National, "11/2/10""The Envoy "is framed as a suspense narrative in which the outcome is already foretold--a mystery whose hero is also its victim. This is a perilous tack to take with the story of a secular saint like Wallenberg, but one that proves successful for Kers
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