Then We Take Berlin

Author : John Lawton
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802193080
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Then We Take Berlin written by John Lawton and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A stylish spy thriller” of postwar Berlin—the first in a thrilling new series from the acclaimed author of the Inspector Troy Novels (TheNew York Times Book Review). John Wilfrid Holderness—aka Joe Wilderness—was a young Cockney cardsharp surviving the London Blitz before he started crisscrossing war-torn Europe as an MI6 agent. With the war over, he’s become a “free-agent gumshoe” weathering Cold War fears and hard-luck times. But now he’s being drawn back into the secret ops business when an ex-CIA agent asks him to spearhead one last venture: smuggle a vulnerable woman out of East Berlin. Arriving in Germany, Wilderness soon discovers he’s being played as a pawn in a deadly game of atomic proportions. To survive, he must follow a serpentine trail through his own past, into the confidence of an unexpected lover, and go dangerously deep into a black market scam the likes of which Berlin has never seen. The author of the acclaimed Inspector Troy Novels, “Lawton’s gift for atmosphere, memorable characters and intelligent plotting has been compared to John le Carré. . . . Never mind the comparisons—Lawton can stand up on his own, and Then We Take Berlin is a gem” (The Seattle Times). “[The Joe Wilderness novels] are meticulously researched, tautly plotted, historical thrillers in the mold of . . . Alan Furst, Phillip Kerr, Eric Ambler, David Downing and Joseph Kanon.” —The Wall Street Journal “[It] will thrill readers with an interest in WWII and the early Cold War era.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “A wonderfully complex and nuanced thriller.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher : Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1184 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Germany and Berlin, 1969-1972 written by United States. Department of State and published by Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian. This book was released on 2007 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents documents on the United States policy towards the Federal Republic of Germany 1969 through 1972. Also includes lists of the following: unpublished and published sources; abbreviations; and persons.

Author : John Lawton
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802190677
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unfortunate Englishman written by John Lawton and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A British agent is drawn to Berlin’s bridge of spies in this “superlative Cold War espionage story” from the author of the acclaimed Inspector Troy Novels (The Seattle Times). It’s the summer of 1961, and the inscrutable Khrushchev is developing plans for something that could change the course of the Cold War. As he and Kennedy gamble with the fate of millions of lives, Cockney East-Ender-turned-spy Joe Wilderness is thrust into the conflict. Enlisted by MI6 to set up shop in Berlin, Wilderness returns to the city where he spent his postwar years, where a former paramour is under threat, and where the dividing line between the West and the Soviets will soon be crossed. As the Russians start building the wall, two agents find themselves trapped on opposing sides: an unfortunate Englishman in the Lubyanka in Moscow, and a KGB operative in London’s Wormwood Scrubs. Now, Wilderness has a new mission: Swap the prisoners on Berlin’s bridge of spies. But, as a former black marketer, Wilderness is also working a personal angle—just to make it interesting, just to make it profitable, just to make it a little more dangerous. What can possibly go wrong? Named by the Daily Telegraph as one of “50 Crime Writers to Read before You Die,” John Lawton is “quite possibly the best historical novelist we have” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). “[The Joe Wilderness novels] are meticulously researched, tautly plotted, historical thrillers in the mold of . . . Alan Furst, Phillip Kerr, Eric Ambler, David Downing and Joseph Kanon.” —The Wall Street Journal “Rich, inventive, surprising, informed, bawdy, cynical, heartbreaking and hilarious. However much you know about postwar Berlin, Lawton will take you deeper into its people, conflicts and courage. . . . Spy fiction at its best.” —The Washington Post

Author : Matthew Engel
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1847659284
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Engel's England written by Matthew Engel and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: England, says Matthew Engel, is the most complicated place in the world. And, as he travels through each of the historic English counties, he discovers that's just the start of it. Every county is fascinating, the product of a millennium or more of history: still a unique slice of a nation that has not quite lost its ancient diversity. He finds the well-dressers of Derbyshire and the pyromaniacs of Sussex; the Hindus and huntsmen of Leicestershire; the goddess-worshippers of Somerset. He tracks down the real Lancashire, hedonistic Essex, and the most mysterious house in Middlesex. In Durham he goes straight from choral evensong to the dog track. As he seeks out the essence of each county - from Yorkshire's broad acres to the microdot of Rutland - Engel always finds the unexpected . Engel's England is a totally original look at a confused country: a guidebook for people who don't think they need a guidebook. It is always quirky, sometimes poignant and often extremely funny.

Author : Thomas Friedrich
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300166702
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hitler's Berlin written by Thomas Friedrich and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading expert on the 20th-century history of Berlin, employing new and little-known German sources to track Hitler's attitudes and plans for the city, presents a fascinating new account of Hitler's relationship with Berlin, a place filled with grandiose architecture and imperial ideals, which he used as a platform for his political agenda.

Author : Annemarie Strüwe Cronin
Publisher : Vantage Press, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9780533151998
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Escape from East Berlin written by Annemarie Strüwe Cronin and published by Vantage Press, Inc. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author's account of migrating from East Berlin during a WWII bombing to West Germany.

Author : United States. Department of State. Historical Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1850 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Conference of Berlin (the Potsdam Conference), 1945 written by United States. Department of State. Historical Office and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 1850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Furner
Publisher : Arena books
ISBN 13 : 1906791074
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Girl from East Berlin written by James Furner and published by Arena books. This book was released on 2007-03-12 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the personal experiences of the author, this is a true story of the East-West divide taking place in Berlin between 1957-1961, with an Epilogue up-dating the story to 2006.

Author : Nigel Cox
Publisher : Victoria University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780864735676
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Phone Home Berlin written by Nigel Cox and published by Victoria University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigel Cox (1951-2006) was one of New Zealand's major writers. His six novels opened up a space in New Zealand literature that hadn't existed before, a space in which a recognisable New Zealand reality is illuminated by a mythic dimension drawn from twentieth-century popular culture. The essays and other writing collected in this book provide remarkable insights into these books and the life and interests behind them. Phone Home Berlin was planned by Nigel before his death at the age of 55 in 2006, and is edited by his publisher and friend Fergus Barrowman. This book brings together pieces from 20 years of Nigel Cox's writing, including unpublished work from his Berlin years, concluding with "What I would have written", the afterword he prepared before his death in 2006.

Author : Jonathan Lichtenstein
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
ISBN 13 : 0316540994
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Berlin Shadow written by Jonathan Lichtenstein and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2020-12-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply moving memoir that confronts the defining trauma of the twentieth century, and its effects on a father and son. In 1939, Jonathan Lichtenstein's father Hans escaped Nazi-occupied Berlin as a child refugee on the Kindertransport. Almost every member of his family died after Kristallnacht, and, upon arriving in England to make his way in the world alone, Hans turned his back on his German Jewish culture. Growing up in post-war rural Wales where the conflict was never spoken of, Jonathan and his siblings were at a loss to understand their father's relentless drive and sometimes eccentric behavior. As Hans enters old age, he and Jonathan set out to retrace his journey back to Berlin. Written with tenderness and grace, The Berlin Shadow is a highly compelling story about time, trauma, family, and a father and son's attempt to emerge from the shadows of history.