The Einstein Vendetta
Author: Harding, Thomas
ISBN: 9780241658499
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 23 Apr 2025
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A gripping true crime investigation into the murder of the relatives of Albert Einstein, set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Florence during WWIIPlt;/bPgt;
Italy, August 1944. A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein P#8211; a prominent enemy of the Nazi regime. Twelve hours after arriving, the soldiers have vanished P#8211; and a family is dead.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;This crime P#8211; and what happened next P#8211; still haunts those who survived. In Plt;iPgt;The Einstein VendettaPlt;/iPgt;, Thomas Harding recounts the story of an until-now untold true crime, one that unspools to reveal ItalyP#8217;s brutal wartime history P#8211; its fall to fascism, antisemitism and bitter partisanship P#8211; and a familyP#8217;s search for justice.
ISBN: 9780241658499
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 23 Apr 2025
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;A gripping true crime investigation into the murder of the relatives of Albert Einstein, set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Florence during WWIIPlt;/bPgt;
Italy, August 1944. A unit of German soldiers arrives at a villa near Florence. Villa Il Focardo is home to Robert Einstein, cousin to the most famous scientist in the world, Albert Einstein P#8211; a prominent enemy of the Nazi regime. Twelve hours after arriving, the soldiers have vanished P#8211; and a family is dead.Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;This crime P#8211; and what happened next P#8211; still haunts those who survived. In Plt;iPgt;The Einstein VendettaPlt;/iPgt;, Thomas Harding recounts the story of an until-now untold true crime, one that unspools to reveal ItalyP#8217;s brutal wartime history P#8211; its fall to fascism, antisemitism and bitter partisanship P#8211; and a familyP#8217;s search for justice.
