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Book SynopsisWritten with intelligence and nuance' The TimesA disturbing, powerful and beautifully written novel based on shockingly real events' Christy Lefteri, author of The Beekeeper of AleppoA thought-provoking read' My WeeklyUnputdownable' The HeraldFor anybody who enjoyed Cilka's JourneyPhenomenal, eye-opening and heart-breaking' Yahoo Best Books of NovemberInspired by the powerful true story of Margot Wölk, this is a heartbreaking and gripping historical novel for fans of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Beekeeper of AleppoEast Prussia, 1943. Hitler hides away in the Wolfsshanze his hidden headquarters. The tide is turning in the war and his enemies circle ever closer.Ten women are chosen.Ten women to taste his food and protect him from poison.Twenty-six-year-old Rosa has lost everything to this war. Her parents are dead. Her husband is fighting on the front line. Alone and scared, she faces the SS with nothing but the knowledge every bite might be her last.Caught on the wrong side of hi
Trade Review‘A beautiful story that draws a line between the expressible and the inexpressible. A story with no options and no way out, just like for the protagonists of certain Greek tragedies’
—Valeria Parrella, Grazia
‘This book—which speaks of love, hunger, survival and remorse—will end up engraved on your heart’
—Marie Claire Italy
