Night Falls On The City

Gainham, Sarah

£12.99

Vienna, 1938: a place of high culture, gilded opera houses and intellectual salons. Julia Homburg and her husband Franz Wedeker embody all the enlightened brilliance of their native city. But Wedeker is Jewish and just across the border the tanks of the Nazi Reich are primed for the Anschluss.

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Publish Date: 06/09/2012

Description

Vienna, 1938. Beautiful actress Julia Homburg and her politician husband Franz Wedeker embody all the enlightened brilliance of their native city. But Wedeker is Jewish, and just across the border the tanks of the Nazi Reich are primed for the Anschluss.

When the SS invades and disappearances become routine, Franz must be concealed. With daring ingenuity, Julia conjures a hiding place. In the shadow of oppression, a clear conscience is a luxury few can afford, and Julia finds she must strike a series of hateful bargains with the new order if she and her husband are to survive.

A highly acclaimed bestseller when first published in the 1960s, Night Falls on the City is a true lost classic, and an unforgettable portrait of wartime.

Additional information

Weight 464 g
Dimensions 133 × 201 × 41 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

622

Language

English

Edition

|Paperback original

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K