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The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER`Hypnotic, shocking and unputdownable` JOHN LE CARRE`Remarkable` THE SUNDAY TIMES`Breathtaking, gripping, shattering` ELIF SHAFAK`A taut and finely crafted factual thriller` OBSERVER`A triumph of research and brilliant storytelling` ANTONY BEEVOR`Extraordinary` EVENING STANDARDIn this riveting real-life thriller, Philippe Sands offers a unique account of the daily life of senior Nazi SS Brigadefuhrer Otto Freiherr von Wachter and his wife, Charlotte. Drawing on a remarkable archive of family letters and diaries, he unveils a fascinating insight into life before and during the war, as a fugitive on the run in the Alps and then in Rome, and into the Cold War. Eventually the door is unlocked to a mystery that haunts Wachter`s youngest son, who continues to believe his father was a good man – what happened to Otto Wachter while he was preparing to travel to Argentina on the `ratline`, assisted by a Vatican bishop, and what was the explanation for his sudden and unexpected death?

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