The Einstein Vendetta

Hitler, Mussolini, and a true story of murder

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<p><b>From the <i>Sunday Time</i>s bestselling author of <i>Hanns and Rudolf</i> - a gripping true story of unsolved murder, war, and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence</b><br><br>'<b>I absolutely devoured <i>The Einstein Vendetta</i>... </b>Remarkable. <b>Totally compelling</b>' <i>Edmund de Waal</i><br><br>'Can't express how moved I am. <b>An absolute triumph. </b>So much more than a mere book' <i>Allan Little</i><br><br>'Thomas Harding is a <b>researcher of the first rank</b>' <i>Daily Express</i><br><br>'Harding <b>evokes time and place beautifully</b>, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is <b>a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning</b>' <i>Spectator<br><br>'The Einstein Vendetta </i><b>will tug at your heartstrings</b> and <b>prompt righteous outrage</b>. Harding <b>captures beautifully </b>the <b>general atmosphere of wartime Tuscany</b>' <i>Telegraph</i><br><br><b>'</b>Did the Führer personally order the hit?<b> Doggedly pursuing his own investigation, Mr Harding interviews surviving witnesses and Einstein family members' </b><i>Economist</i></p><p>__<br><br><b>Italy, Summer 1944</b><br><br>A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein - a prominent enemy of the Nazi regime. Having renounced his German citizenship a decade earlier, Albert's safely in America, well beyond Hitler's reach.<br><br>The same is not true for his cousin.<br><br>Twelve hours after arriving, the soldiers have vanished - and a family is dead. This crime - and what happened next - still haunts those who survived.<br><br>Who ordered it? Who was involved?<br><br>And why did they get away with it?<br><br><b>This is the untold story of the Einstein vendetta.</b><br><br>__________<br><br><b>Praise for Thomas Harding:</b><br><br><i>Hanns and Rudolf</i><br><br>'A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history' John le Carr

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780241658499

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

232 x 154 x 34 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)