Set in the run-up to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and featuring the enigmatic figure of the film-maker Leni Riefenstahl - 'Hitler's muse' - a story about love, secrets and betrayal.
Nigel Farndale is the author of The Blasphemer, which was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award. His previous books include Haw-Haw- The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce, which was a finalist for the Whitbread Biography Award and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He lives on the Hampshire-Sussex border with his wife and their three sons.www.nigelfarndale.com
[A] riveting novel... a fast-paced, brilliantly constructed
thriller, in which the fates of the three young British
protagonists hang in the balance at the end of every chapter. The
period detail is as sharply focussed as one of Riefenstahl's own
films.
*A. N. Wilson, SPECTATOR*
[A] richly evocative historical novel.
*THE TIMES*
Fascinating... Farndale's panoramic view of pre-war German society
on the verge of irreparable change is persuasively evoked.
*THE OBSERVER*
A novel rich in historical detail, but wearing its research
lightly, and the story is told in a French Lieutenant's Woman kind
of way, veering from the present to the past with superb flair.
With the rise of the alt right again polluting our democracies,
this novel has an uncomfortable prescience, with a plot twist at
the end which is ingenious.
*IRISH INDEPENDENT*
Enthralling... profound and moving, this is a beautifully written
evocation of turbulent times.
*DAILY EXPRESS / DAILY MIRROR*
A masterly exploration of conflicting loyalties set against the
1936 Olympic Games. Sharply characterised, richly atmospheric and
completely engrossing.
*JOHN PRESTON, author of THE DIG*
A darkly compelling novel, powerfully evocative and beautifully
written.
*JENNY McCARTNEY, author of the The Ghost Factory*
Farndale interweaves history and fiction in a heady mix...
engrossing, intriguing and thought-provoking.
*NB MAGAZINE*
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