Juan Gomez-Jurado
Hardcover | Pages: 317 pages Rating: 3.81 | 2224 Users | 260 Reviews
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| Original Title: | El emblema del traidor |
| ISBN: | 1439198780 (ISBN13: 9781439198780) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.thetraitorsemblem.com |
| Characters: | Paul Reiner, Alys Tannenbaum, Jurgen von Schroeder |
| Setting: | Munich (München)(Germany) |
| Literary Awards: | Premio Novela Ciudad de Torrevieja (2008) |
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Based on a true story: A Spanish sea captain rescues four German castaways during a treacherous storm in 1940. He doesn’t know who they are or where they came from, but one of them gives him a mysterious gold-and-diamond emblem before disembarking. Decades later, the captain’s son receives a substantial offer for it and is told an astounding story behind the object: it holds the key to Paul Reiner’s lifelong quest. . . .Munich, 1919. After his family falls into disgrace, fifteen-year-old Paul dreams of the heroic father he never knew. But one night, seconds before committing suicide, Paul’s cousin reveals a terrible secret about his father’s death. This discovery turns Paul’s world upside down and leads him on a hunt in Nazi Germany to uncover the mystery surrounding his father’s death.
The Traitor’s Emblem is an epic novel spanning decades of family betrayal, impossible love, and the high price of vengeance. Set against the menacing streets of Depression-era Munich and the cruel rise of Nazism, Gómez-Jurado’s spellbinding thriller proves again that he is a master of narration.
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| Title | : | The Traitor's Emblem |
| Author | : | Juan Gomez-Jurado |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 317 pages |
| Published | : | July 19th 2011 by Atria Books (first published 2010) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fiction. Thriller. Cultural. Germany |
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Ratings: 3.81 From 2224 Users | 260 ReviewsComment On Out Of Books The Traitor's Emblem
My husband is a blogger, and he recived the Advance Reading Copy of this novel. This book is set mainly in the period leading up to WW11, most of the events taking place in Munich. It concerns two boys as they grow into men. Jürgen, the son of a baron, is a nasty piece of work who becomes a dedicated follower of Adolf Hitler. He ends up in the SS working under Reinhard Heydrich with Adolf Eichmann as a colleague. He is violent by nature and so well suited to his role in the SS, where he is givenI really enjoyed this story, liked the characters of Peter and Aliya. Peter attempts to find out the truth behind his father's death against the backdrop of Germany's terrible economy after World War I and the beginning rise of Hitler and his SS. World history takes the back seat in this novel, though the book is based on the actual fact of the Traitor's Emblem, the main story is Peters. Fast read and a plot that keeps moving makes this book worth reading.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. The Traitors Emblem is the latest novel from Spanish writer Juan Gómez-Jurado. The setting is a different European country, as the story follows the lives of two closely-related but feuding German families through the twin horrors of the World Wars.The book opens with a tantalising prologue of a storm at sea in 1940, from which four enigmatic Germans are rescued from drowning. One of the saved a man with only one eye imparts a departing gift to their valiant Spanish
A novel of revenge, betrayal, and love, a good heir to Alexandre Dumas. Paul Reiner and his mother, Ilse, live in Baron von Schroeders home in Munich as servants. Ilse is the Baroness Brunhildas sister and the Reiners are dependent on Brunhildas generosity, what little there is of it. There is little of the barons fortune left in the wake of his gambling and that does not change the way Pauls cousin Jürgen treats Ilse and Paul. Jürgen is a petty tyrant and a coward and vents his arrogant sadism
Gomez-Jurado brings us a ripping good yarn that thrusts in the streets of Munich as Hitler and the Nazis come to power. Lines are drawn and crossed, not just by tradesmen and racial divisions, but in families and lies their feuds uncover. We are introduced to a less familiar field than many have discovered previously. As well documented as the crimes of terror imposed on Jews, homosexuals and the mentally impaired, less was known, or at least to me anyway, about the Nazis pursuits of the Free
Once again, Juan Gomez-Jurado does not disappoint. The Traitor's Emblem is a fast paced book that will keep you turning the pages late into the night. The story follows Paul Reiner during the period in Germany between WW I and WW II as he tries to find out who killed his father. But family secrets, the incoming Nazi Regime and his own obsessions stand in his way. The research done for this book is evident in the details of the story. There are many times that I turned to the internet to see if
Of course there is going to be a bit of spoilers below. This book came as a surprise "like".Now, I was interested, which is why I decided to read it to begin with, but I was not aware of the full contents of this novel.The story is about Paul Reiner who is living under his aunt and uncles roof, as a servant of sorts. Paul has problems with his psycho cousin Jurgen who is mean for reasons Paul does not understand. Both Paul and Jurgen want the same girl, Alys. Jurgen soon becomes a follower of
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