All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
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Born and raised in America, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six and living in Germany when she witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. She began holding secret meetings in her apartment, forming a small band of political activists set on helping Jews escape, denouncing Hitler and calling for revolution. When the Second World War began, she became a spy, couriering top-secret intelligence to the Allies.
In this astonishing work of non-fiction, Harnack’s great-great-niece Rebecca Donner draws on extensive archival research, fusing elements of biography, political thriller and scholarly detective story to tell a powerful, epic tale of an enigmatic woman nearly erased by history.
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Born and raised in America, Mildred Harnack was twenty-six and living in Germany when she witnessed the meteoric rise of the Nazi party. She began holding secret meetings in her apartment, forming a small band of political activists set on helping Jews escape, denouncing Hitler and calling for revolution. When the Second World War began, she became a spy, couriering top-secret intelligence to the Allies.
In this astonishing work of non-fiction, Harnack's great-great-niece Rebecca Donner draws on extensive archival research, fusing elements of biography, political thriller and scholarly detective story to tell a powerful, epic tale of an enigmatic woman nearly erased by history.
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| Weight | 391 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 3.5 cm |
| Book_author | Donner, Rebecca |
| Publisher | Canongate |
| Imprint | Canongate |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 576 |
| Language | English |
| Dewey | 943.086092 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
