The Counterfeit Candidate (The Reich Trilogy Book 1)

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so they go with the grandson of one of the most heinous destructive persons in human history (caucasian) as his lineage hence grandson is a leader snd figurehead in the (specifically) republican party of the united states? sure, ok.

Moreover, The Führer's Prophecy is the perfect sequel to the perfect debut, stunning political thriller The Counterfeit Candidate. Starting off as an apparent crime drama surrounding an audacious jewellery heist it soon develops into a remarkable political and historical conspiracy thriller. With echoes of The Boys From Brazil, The Odessa File and the Marathon Man it takes us on a flight of imagination about prominent ex Nazis casting their evil spells under assumed post war identities and this one goes further than even those in as this prominent ex Nazi is the most prominent of them all. Robert Ludlum did it best with "The Holcroft Covenant", as has Robert Harris in his masterpiece "Fatherland". Read those if you're looking for a superb alternate-reality future thriller ("Fatherland") or a edge-of-your-sit thriller about the Nazi's plan to build a Forth Reich ("Holcroft").There seem to be occasional factual errors: suggestion that Treblinka was opened in late 30s, when it wasn't started until 1942 (although, is the character lying?). Wasn't Hitler vegetarian? (maybe that's a myth).

Klein’s Hitler is a means to an end in the book: Martin Bormann, who accompanies Hitler on his fictitious escape, is portrayed as much more evil, but there is a strange absence of antisemitism from his Nazi characters, particularly in the modern sections when they are more likely to have encountered Jews on an equal footing. It was an intriguing real-life detail which Klein promptly lifted for his book, together with other aspects such as the installation of air-conditioning for the tunnellers and the amount of earth which needed to be shifted. The timing of the real-life robbery was perfect for Klein’s time-line, too. What is the connection to Franklin and Hitler/Braun? And why must these documents be kept a secret? As the Russian Army closes in on the war-torn city, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun take their own lives. Their bodies are burned and buried in the Reich Chancellery garden, above the Fuhrer's bunker.

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Q. How did writing The Führer's Prophecy differ to writing The Counterfeit Candidate? Was it easier, or perhaps more challenging in certain ways? Q. Your first novel featured some incredible scenes, and likewise with The Führer's Prophecy. What is your favourite, and do you think your career as a BAFTA award-winning TV director has given you an edge in writing dramatic set-pieces? This, in turn, is thanks to Klein’s gift for weaving fact and fiction into a cohesive, compelling whole, and, thankfully, this signature style is once again on full display in The Führer's Prophecy. It’s also worth saying that it would have been so easy for his portrayal of Hitler to fail, or turn into parody. Q. You never had any particular aspirations to become an author, but thanks to popular demand you are now completing a trilogy, ‘The Reich Trilogy’. How does being known as a best-selling author now fit with you?