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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.
In 1933, President Roosevelt personally selected William E. Dodd to be the United States ambassador to Nazi Germany. Dodd took his family with him, including his daughter Martha. Initially enamored with the Nazi party and its passion, Martha supported the Third Reich. However, wh...
Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers 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 Nazi Germany in a year that pro...
Rok 1933. Serce hitlerowskiego Berlina. Wielki, epicki spektakl życia i śmierci widziany oczyma amerykańskiej rodziny dyplomatów. Amerykański ambasador William E. Dodd przyjeżdża do Niemiec z żoną, synem oraz pełną temperamentu córką Marthą. Początkowo Martha jest u...
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"Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes."- New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his ...