Fatherland: 20th Anniversary Edition

Fatherland: 20th Anniversary Edition

by RobertHarris (Author)

Synopsis

It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near Berlin's most prestigious suburb. As March discovers the identity of the body, he uncovers signs of a conspiracy that could go to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth - a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 528
Edition: 20th Anniversary Ed
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 26 Apr 2012

ISBN 10: 0099571579
ISBN 13: 9780099571575
Book Overview: What if Hitler had won the war? The 20th Anniversary edition of this iconic novel, a number one bestseller from the award-winning master of the literary and historical thriller genre: Robert Harris. A gripping historical thriller, set in an alternative world, where Hitler won the war, and the Nazis the world.

Media Reviews
Clever and ingenious... Its breeding is by Orwell, out of P. D. James, a detective story inside a future shock * Daily Mail *
A writer who handles suspense like a literary Alfred Hitchcock -- NELSON MANDELA
Robert Harris has recreated the whole structure of a totally corrupt society in a way that makes the flesh creep -- JOHN MORTIMER
Powerful and chilling... convincing in every detail -- MARTHA GELLHORN
Gripping in the way John Buchan, Len Deighton and John LeCarre are. The writing is superb -- WOODROW WYATT
Author Bio
Robert Harris is the author of twelve bestselling novels: the Cicero Trilogy - Imperium, Lustrum and Dictator - Fatherland, Enigma, Archangel, Pompeii, The Ghost, The Fear Index, An Officer and a Spy, which won four prizes including the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Conclave and most recently, Munich. Several of his books have been filmed, including The Ghost, which was directed by Roman Polanski. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages and he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in West Berkshire with his wife, Gill Hornby.