Sins of the Fathers
A Novel
Published on 22. February 2022
Book
Hardback
528 pages
978-1-5107-6942-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the tradition of Herman Wouk, author ofWinds of War and War and Remembrance, the novelSins of the Fathers is thethoroughly researched historical sequel to Wolf.
History hinged on a call as the German high command waited for Hitler's order to invade Czechoslovakia. That was the signal that would launch their revolt to bring down the Reich.
Every detail of the coup was in place. Access roads to Berlin would be blocked. The city sealed. Communication centers taken. A commando squadsixtyhand-picked menwere ready to storm the Chancellery and seize Hitler. The only open question: to try Hitler as a traitor or execute him on the spot.
Sins of the Fathers is the eye-opening novelbased on historical factsof the efforts of German military leaders, career civil servants, and clergy to solicit England's assistance to bring down the tyrant in 1938. When Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain refused to meet with them, they turned to Winston Churchill, who secretly supported their cause. Armed with a strongly worded letter from the future prime minister, they waited for Hitler's telephone call ordering German troops to invade Czechoslovakiathe signal for their uprising. But the call did not come. Instead, Prime Minister Chamberlain went to Hitler's apartment in Munich only to bow to the dictator's will. The invasion was over before it beganand with that, so was the coup. Flying home, Chamberlain announced he had obtained "peace for our times."
Sins of the Fathersthe sequel to Wolf about Hitler's rise to powertells the dramatic true story of the foolish prime minister that undermined the coup to topple the regime, delivered Czechoslovakia to Hitler, saved the Fhrer's life, and paved the road to World War II.
History hinged on a call as the German high command waited for Hitler's order to invade Czechoslovakia. That was the signal that would launch their revolt to bring down the Reich.
Every detail of the coup was in place. Access roads to Berlin would be blocked. The city sealed. Communication centers taken. A commando squadsixtyhand-picked menwere ready to storm the Chancellery and seize Hitler. The only open question: to try Hitler as a traitor or execute him on the spot.
Sins of the Fathers is the eye-opening novelbased on historical factsof the efforts of German military leaders, career civil servants, and clergy to solicit England's assistance to bring down the tyrant in 1938. When Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain refused to meet with them, they turned to Winston Churchill, who secretly supported their cause. Armed with a strongly worded letter from the future prime minister, they waited for Hitler's telephone call ordering German troops to invade Czechoslovakiathe signal for their uprising. But the call did not come. Instead, Prime Minister Chamberlain went to Hitler's apartment in Munich only to bow to the dictator's will. The invasion was over before it beganand with that, so was the coup. Flying home, Chamberlain announced he had obtained "peace for our times."
Sins of the Fathersthe sequel to Wolf about Hitler's rise to powertells the dramatic true story of the foolish prime minister that undermined the coup to topple the regime, delivered Czechoslovakia to Hitler, saved the Fhrer's life, and paved the road to World War II.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Skyhorse Publishing
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 224 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 41 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5107-6942-7 (9781510769427)
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Herbert J. Stern,formerly US attorney for the District of New Jersey, who prosecuted the mayors of Newark, Jersey City and Atlantic City, and served as judge of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, is a trial lawyer. He also served as judge of the United States Court for Berlin. There he presided over a hijacking trial in the occupied American Sector of West Berlin. His book about the case,Judgment in Berlin, won the 1974 Freedom Foundation Awardand became a film starring Martin Sheen and Sean Penn. He co-authored Wolf: A Novel, and he also wroteDiary of a DA: The True Story of the Prosecutor Who Took on the Mob, Fought Corruption, and Won, as well as the multi-volume legal workTrying Cases to Win.
Alan A. Winteris the co-author ofWolf: A Novel, and theauthor of four othernovels, including Island Bluffs, Snowflakes in the Sahara, Someone Else's Son, and Savior's Day, whichKirkusselected as a Best Book of 2013. Winter graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in history and has professional degrees from both New York University and Columbia, where he was an associate professor for many years. He edited an award-winning journal and has published more than twenty professional articles. Alan studied creative writing at Columbia's Graduate School of General Studies. His screenplay,Polly, received honorable mention in the Austin Film Festival, and became the basis for Island Bluffs.
Alan A. Winteris the co-author ofWolf: A Novel, and theauthor of four othernovels, including Island Bluffs, Snowflakes in the Sahara, Someone Else's Son, and Savior's Day, whichKirkusselected as a Best Book of 2013. Winter graduated from Rutgers University with a degree in history and has professional degrees from both New York University and Columbia, where he was an associate professor for many years. He edited an award-winning journal and has published more than twenty professional articles. Alan studied creative writing at Columbia's Graduate School of General Studies. His screenplay,Polly, received honorable mention in the Austin Film Festival, and became the basis for Island Bluffs.