From the Sunday Times <\/i>bestselling author of HANNS AND RUDOLF, THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE and BLOOD ON THE PAGE, pre-order the gripping story of an unsolved murder which took place against the extraordinary background of Nazi-occupied Florence during World War Two . . .<\/b><\/p>\n
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Italy, Summer 1944<\/b><\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The same is not true for his cousin.<\/p>\n
Twelve hours after arriving, the soldiers have vanished – and a family is dead. This crime – and what happened next – still haunts those who survived.<\/p>\n
Who ordered it? Who was involved?<\/p>\n
And why did they get away with it?<\/p>\n
This is the untold story of the Einstein vendetta.<\/b><\/p>\n
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Praise for Thomas Harding:<\/p>\n
Hanns and Rudolf<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history’ John le Carr\u00c3\u00a9<\/p>\n
‘Thomas Harding has shed intriguing new light on the strange poison of Nazism, and one of its most lethal practitioners… Meticulously researched and deeply felt’ Ben Macintyre, Times<\/i> Book of the Week<\/p>\n
‘Fascinating and moving…This is a remarkable book, which deserves a wide readership’ Max Hastings, Sunday Times<\/i><\/p>\n
The House by the Lake<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
‘A passionate memoir about Germany’ Neil MacGregor, author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation<\/i><\/p>\n
‘I loved this book. I admire the elegance of it, the hope, the honesty and the generousness with which every resident is given his or her place. It has made me think about our individual parts in the bigger story, and the coming and going-ness of things. It is a book that will stay with me for a very long time’ Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry<\/i><\/p>\n
‘A superb portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in, and lost, by five different families. A remarkable book’ Tom Holland, author of Rubicon<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Florence, August 1944. Fifteen miles south-east of the city, a unit of German soldiers arrive at Il Focardo, the home of Robert Einstein, first cousin of the famous scientist Albert Einstein. Nearby, Robert is hiding out in the Tuscan countryside, while his wife and daughters remain in the villa. Twelve hours later, Nina, Luce and Anna-Maria are brutally murdered. In this book, Thomas Harding recounts the story of an unthinkable crime, one that unspools to reveal Italy’s brutal wartime history – its fall to fascism, antisemitism and bitter partisanship – and a family’s search for justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[75],"product_tag":[1562,1247,1674,143],"class_list":{"0":"post-107329","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-history","6":"product_tag-european-history","7":"product_tag-second-world-war","8":"product_tag-the-holocaust","9":"product_tag-true-crime","10":"pa_book_author-harding-thomas","11":"pa_cover-hardback","12":"pa_dewey-364-152309455109044-edition23","13":"pa_imprint-michael-joseph","14":"pa_language-english","15":"pa_pages-8281","16":"pa_publisher-michael-joseph","17":"pa_readership-general-trade-code-k","19":"first","20":"onbackorder","21":"taxable","22":"shipping-taxable","23":"purchasable","24":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n