Erik Larson

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
A gripping non-fiction book by Erik Larson about an American family living in Nazi Germany.
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carolineFirst to rec“The best non-fiction reads like a novel: gripping, fast-paced, and emotionally astonishing. In the Garden of Beasts, by one of the best and most readable historians Erik Larson, fits that bill and so much more. For WWII/Interwar Europe/Weimar Germany enthusiasts, you will simply not be able to put this one down.”
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Katy Skelton“Fascinating and scandalous, one of Erik Larson's best. If you haven't read Larson before his books are narrative non-fiction and so well written that you feel as though you are reading a novel. Also recommend The Devil in the White City and The Splendid and the Vile.”
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