Author Description

Edith von Bauer is born in Africa in 1906. Her father, Carl, is a Prussian landowner whose recorded family history dates from the 16th century. Her mother is an English nanny. The story unfolds through the dramas of the twentieth century as Anglophile Carl sells his African Estate and settles in England in 1910. Expelled as German Nationals in 1914, the family settles in America, returning to Europe ten years later. Here Edith becomes involved in the rise of Adolf Hitler, marrying one of his closest associates. What follows is a gripping expose of hidden secrets of the Nazi party, WWII and the aftermath in the post war era. Based on the true story of a real family and their reach into the centres of power on both sides of the conflict, with fascinating insights into the motivations of a galaxy of historic figures including Hitler, Hess, Churchill, King George VI and Thatcher.