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The Kingdom of Ashes - Robert Edric


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The Kingdom of Ashes - Robert Edric

 
Description: ISBN 0552774170 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Robert Edric / Paperback / 352 Pages / Book is published 2008-07-14 by Black Swan

Newest Review: ... ambitions to join the German government when it is realised. "The Kingdom of Ashes" is a novel that describes ... more

 ... events in a particular place at a very particular time. Although the subject of the Second World War is one that I find very interesting I can't recall having read a novel that deals with the immediate aftermath of the war, certainly not one set in Germany, so this one offered a very different perspective. I found that the combination of characters made for a very balanced story. Alex didn't see any military action during the war, something the men he interviews remind him of frequently when he investigates the ch...more

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Alex Foster is a young English officer stationed in a small town near Hannover just after the Second World War. While the show trials are taking place in Nuremburg, Alex's role is to interview men suspected of 'lesser' war crimes to establish whether there is a case to be answered. He finds himself in an uncomfortable position when Colonel Preston, an American officer, comes to the camp and instructs him to interview a man suspected of having being involved in the brutal execution of a large number of partisans. Although they do not give much away, Alex realises that Preston and his own superior, Dyer, expect Alex to come to only one conclusion; but when Alex meets the ...  Read the complete review

 

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