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 __________ 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
