Stunning historical novel from master story-teller Alan Judd, set in Occupied Holland in 1941. It is 1940 and the exiled Kaiser is living in Holland, at his palace Huis Doorn.The old German king spends his days chopping logs and musing on what might have been. When the Nazis invade Holland, the Kaiser's Dutch staff are replaced by SS guards, led by young, eager Untersturmfuhrer Krebbs, and an unlikely relationship develops between the king and his keeper. While they agree on the rightfulness of German expansion and on ...
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Stunning historical novel from master story-teller Alan Judd, set in Occupied Holland in 1941. It is 1940 and the exiled Kaiser is living in Holland, at his palace Huis Doorn.The old German king spends his days chopping logs and musing on what might have been. When the Nazis invade Holland, the Kaiser's Dutch staff are replaced by SS guards, led by young, eager Untersturmfuhrer Krebbs, and an unlikely relationship develops between the king and his keeper. While they agree on the rightfulness of German expansion and on holding the country's Jewish population accountable for all ills, they disagree on the solutions. Krebbs's growing attraction and love affair with Akki, a Jewish maid in the house, further undermines his belief in Nazism. But as the tides of war roll around them, all three find themselves increasingly compromised and gravely at risk. This subtle, tender novel borrows heavily from real history and events, but remains a work of superlative, literary fiction.Through Judd's depiction of the Lear-like Kaiser and the softening of brutal Krebbs, the novel draws unique parallels between Germany at the turn of the 20th century and Hitler's Germany.
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THIS NOVEL TELLS A STORY OF THE EXILED KAISER AS THE NAZIS OCCUPY THE COUNTRY OF HIS EXILE-THE NETHERLANDS. AN SS OFFICER IS ASSIGNED TO HIS HOUSEHOLD TO KEEP TRACK OF WHETHER OR NOT THE ENGLISH ARE TRYING TO ENLIST HIS HELP BY DENOUNCING THE NAZI REGIME. MEANWHILE THERE IS A JEWISH MAID WHO ATTRACTS THE ATTENTION OF THE SS OFFICER. WHO SHE IS , WHY SHE IS THERE AND WHAT THE SS OFFICER DOES WITH THE INFORMATION FORMS THE REST OF THE STORY.
