Abstract:
In Vienna, a city of opulence and abject poverty, a pageant of blonde-and-blue-eyed men and maidens incites a madman’s fantasy and becomes his obsession. He dreams of power and glory. When his stormy love affair ends in murder, he decides on a new mistress—Germany’s hungry and discontents; they are to carry him to the top.
The experiences of the author and her family offer extraordinary insights into Hitler’s mind and into the lives of those he dominated. It movingly illustrates a family’s valiant struggle between integrity and temptation, weaving this chapter of history into an adventure of suspense and inspiration, and a caveat to future generations.