Fatherland, Robert Harris
Fatherland, Robert Harris
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Fatherland

Author: Robert Harris

Narrator: Michael Jayston

Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/22/2017


Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling classic of alternate history, a murder mystery set in a world where the Nazis won World War II—for fans of The Plot Against America and The Man in the High Castle

Berlin, 1964. The Greater German Reich stretches from the Rhine to the Urals, and keeps an uneasy peace with its nuclear rival, the United States. As the Fatherland prepares for a grand celebration honoring Adolf Hitler’s seventy-fifth birthday and anticipates a conciliatory visit from U.S. president Joseph Kennedy and ambassador Charles Lindbergh, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near Berlin’s most prestigious suburb.

But when Xavier March discovers the identity of the body, he also uncovers signs of a conspiracy that could go to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with the American journalist Charlotte Maguire, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth—a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.

Praise for Fatherland

“A singular achievement displaying original and carefully wrought suspense . . . Fatherland easily transcends convention.”—The Washington Post

“A solid thriller, vividly imagined and genuinely frightening.”—The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Ingenious . . . a triumph . . . suspenseful and elegant.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“A dazzler . . . fast-paced . . . Historical fact is blended skillfully with fiction.”—Detroit Free Press

“Absorbing . . . expertly written.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Truly captivating.”—Robert Ludlum

“A strong premise for a police thriller with rich foreign atmosphere and political texture galore? Absolutely!”—Entertainment Weekly

“A sly and scary page-turner.”—Los Angeles Times

“A well-plotted, well-written detective tale and a fascinating trek through parallel history.”—Chicago Tribune

“Fatherland works on all levels. It’s a triumph.”—The Washington Times

“Distinguished by vivid details based on impeccable research, the thriller is a crackling-good read in the le Carré tradition.”—Time

“Wonderful.”—Newsday

“A gripping detective story as well as a chilling visit to the Germany that might have been. It is so plausibly written it seems quite real. Robert Harris is a name to watch for.”—BookPage

About Robert Harris

Robert Harris is the author of Pompeii, Enigma, and Fatherland. He has been a television correspondent with the BBC and a newspaper columnist for the London Sunday Times and The Daily Telegraph. His novels have sold more than ten million copies and been translated into thirty languages. He lives in Berkshire, England, with his wife and four children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Glenn on October 11, 2017

Fatherland, by Robert Harris, a 1992 novel of alternate history conceived as: "What might have happened if the Nazis won World War II?" Set in 1964 Berlin, all the novel's characters are sharply drawn and passionately motivated in decidedly political directions. The author has done his research and......more

Goodreads review by Baba on December 16, 2022

What if Hitler won the war? Robert Harris's bestselling suspense / speculative fiction thriller attempts to show us. In a Europe dominated by the German Third Reich in the 1960s, a somewhat lack lustre Nazi police investigator decides to attend a murder scene on his day off, as something to do. He f......more

Goodreads review by Overhaul on May 05, 2023

Año 1964. Un Tercer Reich victorioso se dispone a celebrar el 75 aniversario de Adolf Hitler. En ese momento, aparece flotando en un lago de Berlín el cadáver desnudo de un anciano. Se trata de un alto cargo del Partido, el siguiente de una lista secreta que condena a muerte a todos los que figuran e......more

Goodreads review by Michael on November 13, 2019

The best alternate history novel I've read to date. In this alternate history, Nazi Germany basically has won the European theatre during WW2, capturing the Caucasus and its oil fields, cutting off the Soviet Union from its oil supplies; driving it back beyond the Urals; and utterly destroying Allie......more

Goodreads review by Jon on September 17, 2022

As Hitler's 75th birthday approaches the murder of a man who has hidden ties to the top of the party is discovered. Detective Xavier March must now walk a tightrope over the chasm of state secrets as the Gestapo tries to cut the rope...having him fall may be the zugzwang the state wants to play.......more


Quotes

The research is extraordinary.—Daily Express