- Jewish women, Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Women scientists
Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Marie Benedict
- First published
- 2019
- Pages
- 336
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks Landmark, Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio, Audible Studios on Brilliance
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781492666868
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