From the Sunday Time s bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf - a gripping true story of
unsolved murder war and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence ' I absolutely devoured The
Einstein Vendetta ... Remarkable. Totally compelling ' Edmund de Waal 'Can't express how
moved I am. An absolute triumph. So much more than a mere book' Allan Little '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 . Harding captures beautifully the general atmosphere of wartime Tuscany '
Telegraph ' Did the Führer personally order the hit? Doggedly pursuing his own investigation
Mr Harding interviews surviving witnesses and Einstein family members' Economist __ Italy
Summer 1944 A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is
home to Robert Einstein cousin to the most famous scientist in the world Albert Einstein - a
prominent enemy of the Nazi regime. Having renounced his German citizenship a decade earlier
Albert's safely in America well beyond Hitler's reach. The same is not true for his cousin.
Twelve hours after arriving the soldiers have vanished - and a family is dead. This crime -
and what happened next - still haunts those who survived. Who ordered it? Who was involved?
And why did they get away with it? This is the untold story of the Einstein vendetta.
__________ Praise for Thomas Harding: Hanns and Rudolf 'A gripping thriller an
unspeakable crime an essential history' John le Carré 'Thomas Harding has shed intriguing new
light on the strange poison of Nazism and one of its most lethal practitioners... Meticulously
researched and deeply felt' Ben Macintyre Times Book of the Week 'Fascinating and
moving...This is a remarkable book which deserves a wide readership' Max Hastings Sunday
Times The House by the Lake 'The narrative drive of a great novelist and the meticulous
research of a great historian' The Herald 'A passionate memoir about Germany' Neil MacGregor
author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany: Memories of a Nation 'I loved
this book. I admire the elegance of it the hope the honesty and the generousness with which
every resident is given his or her place. It has made me think about our individual parts in
the bigger story and the coming and going-ness of things. It is a book that will stay with me
for a very long time' Rachel Joyce author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry 'A superb
portrait of twentieth century Germany seen through the prism of a house which was lived in and
lost by five different families. A remarkable book' Tom Holland author of Rubicon
