The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II

Kershaw, Alex

ISBN 10: 0306815575 / ISBN 13: 9780306815577

Published by Da Capo Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2010

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A real nice clean unmarked 320 page first edition hardcover with 1 low in the printing number line and a nice clean dust jacket. Has a nice black & white photo section. Oscar Schindler saved hundreds, but Raoul Wallenberg did what no other individual or nation managed to do: He saved more than 100,000 Jewish men, women, and children from extermination. See my scans for nice condition and more information. Size: 9 1/2 h x 6 1/4w.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Envoy: The Epic Rescue of the Last Jews of Europe in the Desperate Closing Months of World War II
• Publisher: Da Capo Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306815575
• ISBN 13: 9780306815577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

December 1944. Soviet and German troops fight from house to house in the shattered, corpse-strewn suburbs of Budapest. Crazed Hungarian fascists join with die-hard Nazis to slaughter Jews day and night, turning the Danube blood-red. In less than six months, thirty-eight-year-old SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann has sent over half a million Hungarians to the gas chambers in Auschwitz. Now all that prevents him from liquidating Europe’s last Jewish ghetto is an unarmed Swedish diplomatic envoy named Raoul Wallenberg.

The Envoy is the stirring tale of how one man made the greatest difference in the face of untold evil. The legendary Oscar Schindler saved hundreds, but Raoul Wallenberg did what no other individual or nation managed to do: He saved more than 100,000 Jewish men, women, and children from extermination.

Written with Alex Kershaw’s customary narrative verve, The Envoy is a fast-paced, nonfiction thriller that brings to life one of the darkest and yet most inspiring chapters of twentieth century history. It is an epic for the ages.

About the Author

Alex Kershaw is the author of the widely acclaimed bestsellers The Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Few, and Escape from the Deep, as well as biographies of both Jack London and Robert Capa. He lives in Massachusetts.