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Kati Marton
Kati Marton, an award-winning former NPR and ABC News correspondent, is the author of Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History, a New York Times bestseller, as well as Wallenberg, The Polk Conspiracy, A Death in Jerusalem, and a novel, An American Woman. Mother of a son and a... show more

Kati Marton, an award-winning former NPR and ABC News correspondent, is the author of Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History, a New York Times bestseller, as well as Wallenberg, The Polk Conspiracy, A Death in Jerusalem, and a novel, An American Woman. Mother of a son and a daughter, she lives in New York with her husband, Richard Holbrooke.
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Birth date: February 03, 1949
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Thewanderingjew
Thewanderingjew rated it 12 years ago
In this audio, the reader deals well with French accents, but she does not inspire me as some readers have, with other books, to feel as if I am witnessing a beautiful performance. This may also be, because the book did not inspire me either. I found it flat, a bit too emotional, and although it rev...
JasonKoivu
JasonKoivu rated it 14 years ago
Interesting individuals stories about...well, just read the title. Although, "changed the world" seemed a little strong to me after I finished it. Nonetheless they were nine very influential, or at least intriguing, people. The book suffers a little from the lack of cohesion, which is not surprising...
I Like Books
I Like Books rated it 15 years ago
Reading some of the comments on the three-starred and fewer-starred reviews here is surprising. One claim is that it is badly written. In what universe? I can agree there is perhaps a bit of dryness, but that's it. The story's substance more than makes up for this. Another criticism, that Marton is ...
Chrissie's Books
Chrissie's Books rated it 15 years ago
Lynne, thanks for finding this! I simply must read this book, another about WW2 in Hungary, the Hungarian Upprising of 1956 and the people who survived these times. The author writes about her parents' lives after their death. She had access to the Hungarian Secret Police files. Why read fictional c...
Sharon E. Cathcart
Sharon E. Cathcart rated it 15 years ago
Journalist Kati Marton's latest book is an excellent biography of her parents, with some autobiographical content as she writes about her own observations. Marton's parents were Associated Press journalists in Hungary, surviving Nazis, the AVO (Hungarian secret police, who imprisoned both of Marton...
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