Munich

A novel

De: Robert Harris

Narrado por: David Rintoul

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the bestselling author of Conclave, V2, and Fatherland comes a WWII-era spy thriller set against the backdrop of the fateful Munich Conference of September 1938. Now a Netflix film starring Jeremy Irons.

With this electrifying novel about treason and conscience, loyalty and betrayal, "Harris has brought history to life with exceptional skill" —The Washington Post

Hugh Legat is a rising star of the British diplomatic service, serving at 10 Downing Street as a private secretary to the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. Paul von Hartmann is on the staff of the German Foreign Office--and secretly a member of the anti-Hitler resistance. The two men were friends at Oxford in the 1920s, but have not been in contact since. Now, when Hugh flies with Chamberlain from London to Munich, and Hartmann travels on Hitler's train overnight from Berlin, their paths are set on a disastrous collision course.

And once again, Robert Harris gives us actual events of historical importance—here are Hitler, Chamberlain, Mussolini, Daladier—at the heart of an electrifying, unputdownable novel.

Fascinating history...decent novel

Nice prelude to the recent portrait of Churchill in The Darkest Hour—how the policy of appeasement made sense to some historical actors at the time. Harris is so talented at weaving a well researched historical narrative with fictional elements. The fiction—in terms of character development and personal plot lines—is however weaker than his efforts in the Cicero trilogy, Ghost Writer and Fatherland. If undecided, I would try those first. But this one still worth the credit.

Excellent learning experience

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I learned so much about the events of 1938 and really enjoy the skills of Robert Harris. For me, the gold standard in audiobooks is the Harris/Rintoul combination "An Officer and a Spy." Nonetheless, Munich: a Novel is great read.

Very interesting

I found this a very interesting and very well told story. What I found particularly special is that is about a specific part of history that has little other work about it.

I would recommend this to anyone who likes historical topics wrapped in a believable fictional wrapper.

Exquisite novel!

I enjoyed this novel very much about what had happened in Munich, Germany. It was realistic, held my attention, well read with different accented voices.

A Colorado Listener

A great read. A superb listen.

Even though we all know all too well the outcome, Mr. Harris does a fine job of bringing out the character of the people involved and Mr. Rintoul does a very plummy job of bringing those characters to life.

I look forward towards reading/listening to more of Mr. Harris’ novels.