4.75
informative medium-paced

A very easy read, though not terribly in-depth. Nonetheless, it offers some interesting insight into 1930's Germany and the lead up to the Night of the Long Knives. 

We follow Dodd, the American ambassador, who at the beginning of his tenure was perhaps a little too optimistic - or naive - about the possiblity of guiding the Nazi regime back to a sensible position and preventing the horrors that were still to come.