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In the garden of beasts cover. The only minor criticism i would level is that 80 of the book covers the first year of dodds tenure whilst the other years are skimmed over in the remaining pages. A human side shown for most of the characters even some of the nazi s. If you found in the garden of beasts moving and want to read fiction about the third reich try every man dies alone a haunting novel based on actual events surrounding a couple that attempted to undermine the nazi regime. In the garden of beasts is a vivid portrait of berlin during the first years of hitler s reign brought to life through the stories of two people.

I ve read a fair number of books about the holocaust and i did find the political maneuvering described in garden interesting in a stomach turning sickening kind of way. Love terror and an american family in hitler s berlin is a 2011 non fiction book by erik larson. Garden of beasts also can be translated as garden of thugs. Erik larson talks about in the garden of beasts.

Ambassador dodd an unassuming and scholarly man is an odd fit among. In the garden of beasts serves as both a serious insightful look at history. Interesting interplay of people from all sorts of perspectives in several countries. Garden of beasts is packed with fascinating period detail and features a cast of perfectly realized locals olympic athletes and senior nazi officials some real some fictional.

His daughter martha was 24 years old and chose to come along for the adventure and to escape a dead marriage to a new york banker. In the garden of beasts. In the garden of beasts is the second book i ve read by larson and i m sorry to say the two don t compare. Dodd who in 1933 became america s first ambassador to hitler s regime and his scandalously carefree daughter martha.

Amazon best books of the month may 2011. They and the rest of their family settled in a grand old house on the city s central park the tiergarten in literal translation the garden of beasts. With hairpin plot twists the reigning master of ticking bomb suspense people plumbs the nerve jangling paranoia of prewar berlin and steers the story to a.