Travellers in the Third Reich

Resumen del libro

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP THREE BESTSELLERWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History 2018One of the Daily Telegraph's Best Books of 2017A Guardian 'Readers' Choice' Best Book of 2017Without the benefit of hindsight, how do you interpret what's right in front of your eyes?The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of National Socialism, to remain untouched by the propaganda or predict the Holocaust?Travellers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including students, politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, journalists, fascists, artists, tourists, even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. Their experiences create a remarkable three-dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler - one so palpable that the reader will feel, hear, even breathe the atmosphere.

These are the accidental eyewitnesses to history. Disturbing, absurd, moving, and ranging from the deeply trivial to the deeply tragic, their tales give a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes and its ultimate destruction.

Biografía del autor

Julia Boyd es autora de diversos libros de no ficción, entre los que destaca Viajeros en el Tercer Reich, ganador del premio de historia del LA Times y libro del año según el Spectator. Boyd es actualmente miembro del consejo de administración del Wigmore Hall y ha sido miembro de los consejos de la asociación sin ánimo de lucro English-Speaking Union y de la Fundación en Memoria de Winston Churchill. Está casada con sir John Boyd, que fue embajador británico en Japón. Tras diez años en Cambridge (donde su marido fue director del Churchill College), Julia Boyd ahora reside en Londres.