{"product_id":"9780241658482-the-einstein-vendetta","title":"The Einstein Vendetta","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHitler, Mussolini, and a true story of murder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eSunday Time\u003c\/i\u003es bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHanns and Rudolf\u003c\/i\u003e - a gripping true story of unsolved murder, war, and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eI absolutely devoured \u003ci\u003eThe Einstein Vendetta\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003eRemarkable. \u003cb\u003eTotally compelling\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eEdmund de Waal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Can't express how moved I am. \u003cb\u003eAn absolute triumph. \u003c\/b\u003eSo much more than a mere book' \u003ci\u003eAllan Little\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thomas Harding is a \u003cb\u003eresearcher of the first rank\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Harding \u003cb\u003eevokes time and place beautifully\u003c\/b\u003e, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is \u003cb\u003ea slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The Einstein Vendetta \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ewill tug at your heartstrings\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eprompt righteous outrage\u003c\/b\u003e. Harding \u003cb\u003ecaptures beautifully \u003c\/b\u003ethe \u003cb\u003egeneral atmosphere of wartime Tuscany\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eDid the Führer personally order the hit?\u003cb\u003e Doggedly pursuing his own investigation, Mr Harding interviews surviving witnesses and Einstein family members' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eEconomist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e__\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eItaly, Summer 1944\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein – a prominent enemy of the Nazi regime. Having renounced his German citizenship a decade earlier, Albert’s safely in America, well beyond Hitler’s reach.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe same is not true for his cousin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwelve hours after arriving, the soldiers have vanished – and a family is dead. This crime – and what happened next – still haunts those who survived.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho ordered it? Who was involved?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd why did they get away with it?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the untold story of the Einstein vendetta.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Thomas Harding:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHanns and Rudolf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A gripping thriller, an unspeakable crime, an essential history' John le Carré\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thomas Harding has shed intriguing new light on the strange poison of Nazism, and one of its most lethal practitioners. Meticulously researched and deeply felt' Ben Macintyre, \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Week\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating and moving.This is a remarkable book, which deserves a wide readership' Max Hastings, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House by the Lake\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The narrative drive of a great novelist and the meticulous research of a great historian' \u003ci\u003eThe Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A passionate memoir about Germany' Neil MacGregor, author of \u003ci\u003eA History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I loved this book. I admire the elegance of it, the hope, the honesty and the generousness with which every resident is given his or her place. It has made me think about our individual parts in the bigger story, and the coming and going-ness of things. 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