Saints and Villains
In the charnel house that was Europe in the Second World War, there were few instances of shining moral courage, let along secular sainthood. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and Nazi resister was the exception. This emblematic figure risked his life--and finally lost it--through his...
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In the charnel house that was Europe in the Second World War, there were few instances of shining moral courage, let along secular sainthood. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the German theologian and Nazi resister was the exception. This emblematic figure risked his life--and finally lost it--through his participation in a failed plot to assassinate Hitler and topple his regime. Saints and Villains gives us this exemplary life in a sweeping narrative that is bold in conception and utterly convincing in its power of imaginative reconstruction.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780449004272 (0449004279)
Publish date: February 9th 1999
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
This historical fiction was six years in the making. It is heavy on dialogue between many people that the author could not have interviewed. I would like to believe the dialogue to be accurate but have no way of knowing. Irrespective, the story of premier 20th century Lutheran writer is very comp...
Is this the best book I have ever read about WW2? Maybe so. A perfect blend of fact and fiction. Fiction can help teach. I read sonewhere here on GoodReads a comment that the reader disliked non-fiction because it was so boring. OMG I believe the total opposite. There is no way that authors can drea...
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