The Einstein Vendetta

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake comes a gripping true story of murder, war and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence

'I absolutely devoured The Einstein Vendetta' EDMUND DE WAAL

'Thomas Harding is a researcher of the first rank' DAILY EXPRESS

'Harding evokes time and place beautifully, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning’ SPECTATOR

'The Einstein Vendetta will tug at your heartstrings and prompt righteous outrage' TELEGRAPH

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Italy, 1944. As war rages, German soldiers arrive at the home of a Jewish businessman, Robert Einstein, on the outskirts of Florence. Their aim? To interrogate the cousin of the world's most famous scientist and vocal critic of the Nazi regime.

They find no trace of Robert, who has fled to a nearby woodland - but inside the house are his wife and two daughters. Hours later, a family is dead and the soldiers have vanished.

Peeling back layers of history, Thomas Harding examines the Nazis' descent into criminality and revenge under the terrible guise of war. Did Hitler personally order the hit? Who was involved? And why did they get away with it?