Why am I passionate about this?
My parents both fought in the Second World War – my father as a bomber pilot, my mother as a Wren. Dad often entertained us at family mealtimes with tales of his wartime adventures – of how was shot down over Germany, captured, imprisoned, but finally escaped. My interest in the period grew from there, and my first ‘wartime’ novel The Secret Letter was in fact largely based on my parents experiences. Since then, I have become increasingly fascinated by the period, with now a total of four novels set in WW2, culminating in my present book The German Mother.
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Why did Debbie love this book?
Harris is a master storyteller. His novels have ranged across a number of genres – from thrillers to historical fiction. I love all of them, but one of my favourite reads is Munich.
Set in 1938, it’s a stunning example of how to write WW2 history and make it both exciting and informative. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain has been ill-served by history, because he failed to negotiate a lasting peace with Hitler; but Harris manages to give us a more sympathetic perspective on the embattled Prime Minister, while at the same time providing us with a thrilling narrative.
Harris’ books have given me the courage to depict ‘real’ people in history as characters in my own novels.
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MUNICH, SEPTEMBER 1938
Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace.
They will meet in a city which forever afterwards will be known for what is about to take place.
As Chamberlain's plane judders over the Channel and the Fuhrer's train steams south, two young men travel with their leaders. Once friends…