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In the Garden of Beasts

by Erik Larson

2011 · adult

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Set in 1 place · 1 primary
Sense of Place
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Description · Open Library (CC0)

The bestselling author of "Devil in the White City" turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler's rise to power. The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.

Set in

  • ★
    Berlin · Germany
    1933-34 Berlin under Nazi rule; Tiergarten, US Embassy, Reichstag
    ★ primary

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