Nuremberg: The Reckoning - Couverture souple

Buckley Jr., William F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 015602747X ISBN 13 : 9780156027472

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2003

Synopsis

Sebastian Reinhardt, a young German-American, is yanked from routine army duty in America to serve as an interpreter at Nuremberg's Palace of Justice in 1945. He hears the stories of the infamous Nazi killers and war makers, who face prosecutors determined to bring them to justice, and encounters the towering figures of twentieth-century legal, political, and military history, among them Justice Robert Jackson, Albert Speer, Hermann Goering, and the dark, untried shadow of Adolf Hitler. As the trial unfolds, Sebastian must come to terms with his family legacy and national identity.
With his renowned authority and audacity, William F. Buckley Jr. creates a riveting thriller, taking the reader through unforgettable scenes of treachery and vengeance, love and hatred, and the struggle for justice found in a hangman's noose.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Sebastian Reinhardt, a young German-American, is yanked from routine army duty in America to serve as an interpreter at Nuremberg's Palace of Justice in 1945. He hears the stories of the infamous Nazi killers and war makers, who face prosecutors determined to bring them to justice, and encounters the towering figures of twentieth-century legal, political, and military history, among them Justice Robert Jackson, Albert Speer, Hermann Goering, and the dark, untried shadow of Adolf Hitler. As the trial unfolds, Sebastian must come to terms with his family legacy and national identity.
With his renowned authority and audacity, William F. Buckley Jr. creates a riveting thriller, taking the reader through unforgettable scenes of treachery and vengeance, love and hatred, and the struggle for justice found in a hangman's noose.

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PRAISE FOR NUREMBERG

"Inventive and absorbing."--Los Angeles Times

"[Buckley] presents the trials as something beyond ordinary politics."--The New York Times Book Review

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 015602747X
• ISBN 13: 9780156027472
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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