HHhH
A prize-winning international bestseller set in Nazi-occupied Prague, recounting the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
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4.4 • 40 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
In 1942, parachutists Jozef Gabcík and Jan Kubiš are dropped into Nazi-occupied Prague with orders to kill Reinhard Heydrich, one of the most feared figures in the Third Reich.
Heydrich oversees the Nazi secret services and helps design the machinery of terror across occupied Europe. The parachutists’ mission, known as Operation Anthropoid, depends on secrecy, courage and the support of an underground resistance network. Moving between cramped Prague safe houses and the corridors of power in Berlin, HHhH traces the careful planning of the assassination and the tense days that follow.
Grounded in real events during the Second World War, HHhH is a panoramic work of historical fiction that tells a story of heroism, loyalty, revenge and betrayal.
Customer Reviews
HHhH. Powerful and true
This is a powerful and tragic story based on the attempted assassination of SS Reinhardt Heydrich in May of 1942.
Am act of Check resistance, told in a unique manner. Short episodic chapters of information and authorial self reflection stir the lines between fact and fiction, the past and present and the protagonists and the self. A worthy read.
HHhH
Not bad, too much time spent in first person, could have been written as a straight forward thriller, great subject for one, three stars, David Edwards