Product description: all that I am is a masterly and exciting exploration of bravery and betrayal, risks and sacrifices, some people are for their beliefs and heroism, hidden in the most unexpected places. Then eighteen years old, Ruth Becker visits his cousin of Dora in Munich in 1923, she met the love of his life, the dashing young journalist Hans Wesemann and joined enthusiastically in the exhilarating activities of the militant political left in Germany. Ten years later, Ruth and Hans are married and living in Berlin of Weimar, when Hitler was elected Chancellor of the Germany. With Dora and her lover, Ernst Toller, the famous poet and revolutionary self-doubting, the four become tracked outlaw during the night and forced to flee to London. Inspired by the intrepid Dora to acts of courage breathtaking, friends at risk of betrayal and deceit they are a dangerous mission: inform the British Government of the very real Nazi threat that remains stubbornly blind. All that I am is the heartbreaking story of these extraordinary people, who find that scope of Hitler extends much farther than what they thought. Grip, compassion and inspiration, this remarkable first novel reveals humanity uncommon depth and wisdom. Anna Funder gave us a relentless and intimate portrait of courage and its price, will and ambition and the devastating consequences when they are upset. To learn more...
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