In the Garden of Beasts

Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

Nonfiction, History, Jewish, Holocaust, Germany, Modern, 20th Century
Cover of the book In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson, Crown/Archetype
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Erik Larson ISBN: 9780307887955
Publisher: Crown/Archetype Publication: May 10, 2011
Imprint: Broadway Books Language: English
Author: Erik Larson
ISBN: 9780307887955
Publisher: Crown/Archetype
Publication: May 10, 2011
Imprint: Broadway Books
Language: English

Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance—and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition.
Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power.

The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America’s first ambassador to Hitler’s Nazi Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.
A mild-mannered professor from Chicago, Dodd brings along his wife, son, and flamboyant daughter, Martha. At first Martha is entranced by the parties and pomp, and the handsome young men of the Third Reich with their infectious enthusiasm for restoring Germany to a position of world prominence. Enamored of the “New Germany,” she has one affair after another, including with the suprisingly honorable first chief of the Gestapo, Rudolf Diels. But as evidence of Jewish persecution mounts, confirmed by chilling first-person testimony, her father telegraphs his concerns to a largely indifferent State Department back home. Dodd watches with alarm as Jews are attacked, the press is censored, and drafts of frightening new laws begin to circulate. As that first year unfolds and the shadows deepen, the Dodds experience days full of excitement, intrigue, romance—and ultimately, horror, when a climactic spasm of violence and murder reveals Hitler’s true character and ruthless ambition.
Suffused with the tense atmosphere of the period, and with unforgettable portraits of the bizarre Göring and the expectedly charming--yet wholly sinister--Goebbels, In the Garden of Beasts lends a stunning, eyewitness perspective on events as they unfold in real time, revealing an era of surprising nuance and complexity. The result is a dazzling, addictively readable work that speaks volumes about why the world did not recognize the grave threat posed by Hitler until Berlin, and Europe, were awash in blood and terror.

More books from 20th Century

Cover of the book A New Plantation World by Erik Larson
Cover of the book The 1948 Palestine War by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Racial Union by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Popular Opinion in Totalitarian Regimes by Erik Larson
Cover of the book The Trouble Between Us by Erik Larson
Cover of the book 1914: These Are Our Masters by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Amusement Parks by Erik Larson
Cover of the book The French Right Between the Wars by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Turning Point by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Europe since 1989 by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Executing the Rosenbergs by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Cable Car Carnival by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Americans Against the City by Erik Larson
Cover of the book Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg by Erik Larson
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy