HHhH
by:
Laurent Binet (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9782246760016 (2246760011)
Publish date: January 2010
Publisher: Grasset
Pages no: 441
Edition language: French
Reinhard Heydrich..."the most dangerous man in the Third Reich, the Hangman of Prague, the Butcher, the Blond Beast, the Goat"....has an unenviable reputation of being one of the most vicious and ruthless Nazi thugs during the second world war. As well as being a master swordsman, an accomplished vi...
I really enjoyed this book. What I think liked most of all was the way in which Binet told history. It allowed the reader to get a more fuller understanding of what evidence is available on which the author is relying, and what is their own invention generate a compelling narrative. And it works. Th...
bookshelves: published-2009, paper-read, one-penny-wonder, nazi-related, prague, czech, historical-fiction, assassination, explosion, summer-2015, tbr-busting-2015, translation, wwii, biography, books-about-books-and-book-shops Read from December 11, 2012 to July 25, 2015 Description: We are in...
Literary critics will tell you that even nonfiction can be considered a kind of fiction. The author chooses what the share and what to hide. They create a story arc to engage their readers. Laurent Binet’s HHhH isn’t unusual, considered in that light. Still, any reader of historical nonfiction would...
I first heard about this novel through Hear...Read This! as one of their first selections and because the book sounded interesting. I had never heard about Reinhard Heydrich (may have heard his name his name in course of my history courses in university, but it never probably clicked in my head) an...
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