Fatherland

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Fatherland is set in a world that almost existed but never was: the Berlin that Hitler's architect, Albert Speer, planned to build- the hub of a victorious Third Reich extending from the Rhine to the Urals. Synopsis Expand/Collapse Synopsis It is April 1964 and one week before Hitler's 75th birthday. Xavier March, a detective of the Kriminalpolizei, is called out to investigate the discovery of a dead body in a lake near Berlin's most prestigious suburb. As March discovers the identity of the body, he uncovers signs of a conspiracy that could go to the very top of the German Reich. And, with the Gestapo just one step behind, March, together with an American journalist, is caught up in a race to discover and reveal the truth - a truth that has already killed, a truth that could topple governments, a truth that will change history.

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Berlin, 1964: Twenty years after Nazi Germany won World War II, Hitler's seventy-fifth birthday celebration is barely a week away. Good Germans throughout the Fatherland are looking forward to the big parades and festivals. Adding to the excitement: an announcement that President Joseph P. Kennedy will visit Berlin to initiate détente with the Third Reich. Amid the hoopla, the body of a once important Nazi official washes up on a river bank — and Detective Xavier March has the bad luck to take the call. March is divorced, disaffected, and more than a little tired of his Nazi masters, but he's too good a cop to let his investigation drop — even after the all-powerful Gestapo orders him to desist. Putting his freedom — and his life — on the line, March enlists the aid of a beautiful American journalist. Together, they unravel a conspiracy that began during World War II and now threatens Hitler's deal with President Kennedy — and the very underpinnings of the Nazi regime. *Fatherland* is a breathtaking tour de force, a novel that conjures up a painstakingly detailed and chillingly plausible world. What would have happened had Hitler won? Guerrilla warfare throughout the eastern Soviet Union. An eight-lane autobahn from Berlin to Moscow. England, France, Holland, and the other European countries governed by Nazi puppet regimes. The implementation of "racial purity" laws throughout the continent. The realization of Albert Speer's grandiose architectural plans for a Fatherland meant to rule the world. With this novel, [Robert Harris](/authors/OL79043A) enters the front ranks of such international suspense writers as [Len Deighton](/authors/OL334221A), [Martin Cruz Smith](/authors/OL76547A), and [John le Carré](/authors/OL2101074A). An international success, *Fatherland* is the most intriguing and talked-about novel of the year.

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Other Editions

• FatherlandRandom House1992-01-01
• FatherlandHutchinson1992-01-01
• VaterlandHeyne1992-01-01
• FatherlandThorndike Press1992-01-01
• FatherlandCresset editions1993-01-01
• FatherlandArrow Books1993-01-01