- New York Times bestseller, Social conditions, Biography, Diplomats
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.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Erik Larson
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 481
- Publisher
- Broadway Paperbacks, Random House Audio, Doubleday
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English, German, French
- ISBN
- 9780857520425
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Erik Larson is the author of the international bestseller Isaac's Storm won an Edgar Award for fact-crime writing. His latest book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, has been acquired for publication in 20 countries and optioned by Tom Hanks for a feature film. Erik is a former features writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time. His magazine stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and other publications. Source: Goodreads.com
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