In the garden of beasts - The Library of the Uncommons

448 pages

English language

Published Nov. 15, 2011 by Doubleday.

ISBN:: 978-0-85752-042-5
OCLC Number:: 751513220

The author describes life in Berlin during the first years of Hitler?s reign through the stories of two people: William E. Dodd, who in 1933 became America?s first ambassador to Hitler?s regime, and his daughter, Martha.

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4 stars

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.