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Title: NIGHT FALLS ON THE CITY
THE LOST MASTERPIECE OF WARTIME VIENNA
By: Sarah Gainham, Kate Mosse
Format: Electronic book text

List price: £10.99


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ISBN 10: 0748133712
ISBN 13: 9780748133710
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
Pub. date: 1 July, 2012
Pages: 576
Synopsis: 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.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Abacus
Returns: Returnable
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