Christoph Fischer’s final book in the Three Nation Trilogy hits the market today.
The Luck of the Weissensteiners (Three Nations Trilogy Book 1)
In the sleepy town of Bratislava in 1933 a romantic girl falls for a bookseller from Berlin. Greta Weissensteiner, daughter of a Jewish weaver, slowly settles in with the Winkelmeier clan just as the developments in Germany start to make waves in Europe and re-draws the visible and invisible borders. The political climate in the multifaceted cultural jigsaw puzzle of disintegrating Czechoslovakia becomes more complex and affects relations between the couple and the families. The story follows them through the war with its predictable and also its unexpected turns and events and the equally hard times after.
But this is no ordinary romance; in fact it is not a romance at all, but a powerful, often sad, Holocaust story. What makes The Luck of the Weissensteiners so extraordinary is the chance to consider the many different people who were never…
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Read the first two and really enjoyed. I’m looking forward to the third, Black Eagle Inn. Terry
You’ll love it!
I look forward to reading it, first because I grew up in that era, with uncles going over to fight in that war to help our European allies, and some never to return, killed in action. Second because my step-father was Czechoslovakian, and last but not least because I enjoy that kind of literature. Thank you Paulette for letting me know…much appreciated.
My pleasure, JJ.
Look for my interview with him next weekend… 🙂
Great. Will do. 🙂
Haven’t read of these yet. I’ve a long wait till I can. Thanks for sharing, Paulette.
My pleasure. 🙂
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