In the garden of beasts

love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin

676 pages

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2011 by Random House Large Print.

ISBN:
978-0-7393-7814-4
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OCLC Number:
676726868

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Documents the efforts of the first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany, William E. Dodd, to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapo chief Rudolf Diels.

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Interesting material, but I don't know if the narrative treatment Larson gave it was a good fit. A wider perspective might have worked better. Martha was not a very sympathetic character.

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Subjects

  • Diplomats
  • National socialism
  • Historians
  • Large print books
  • Social conditions
  • Biography
  • History

Places

  • United States
  • Germany