Hitler's Niece

Zusatztext "Scrupulously researched. Hansen's informed interpretation of events makes convincing, if melancholy, reading." Informationen zum Autor Ron Hansen is the bestselling author of the novel Atticus (a finalist for the National Book Award), Hitler's Niece , Mariette in Ecstasy , Desperadoes , and Isn't It Romantic? , as well as a collection of short stories, a collection of essays, and a book for children. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award. Ron Hansen lives in northern California, where he teaches at Santa Clara University. Klappentext Hitler's Niece tells the story of the intense and disturbing relationship between Adolf Hitler and the daughter of his only half-sister, Angela, a drama that evolves against the backdrop of Hitler's rise to prominence and power from particularly inauspicious beginnings. The story follows Geli from her birth in Linz, Austria, through the years in Berchtesgaden and Munich, to her tragic death in 1932 in Hitler's apartment in Munich. Through the eyes of a favorite niece who has been all but lost to history, we see the frightening rise in prestige and political power of a vain, vulgar, sinister man who thrived on cruelty and hate and would stop at nothing to keep the horror of his inner life hidden from the world. Zusammenfassung "A textured picture of Hitler's histrionic personality and his insane mission for glory, presaging the genocide to come in the cold-blooded obliteration of one young woman."  —  Publishers Weekly Hitler's Niece tells the story of the intense and disturbing relationship between Adolf Hitler and the daughter of his only half-sister, Angela, a drama that evolves against the backdrop of Hitler's rise to prominence and power from particularly inauspicious beginnings. The story follows Geli from her birth in Linz, Austria, through the years in Berchtesgaden and Munich, to her tragic death in 1932 in Hitler's apartment in Munich. Through the eyes of a favorite niece who has been all but lost to history, we see the frightening rise in prestige and political power of a vain, vulgar, sinister man who thrived on cruelty and hate and would stop at nothing to keep the horror of his inner life hidden from the world. ...

Product details

• Authors: Ron Hansen
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.08.2000
• EAN: 9780060932206
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093220-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 205 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Anthologies: general, Fiction: general and literary, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Romance / Historical / American, FICTION: Romance / Historical / 20th Century, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: American / General, FICTION: Historical / World War II, FICTION: Psychological, FICTION: World Literature / American / 21st Century, FICTION: World Literature / American / 20th Century, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, FICTION: World Literature / Germany / 20th Century, FICTION: Historical / 20th Century / Post-World War II