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Hidden Codes & Grand Designs: Secret Languages from Ancient Times to Modern Day
by Pierre Berloquin
I got, The Stranger from Berlin by Melissa Amatels form NetGalley for a fair and honest review..
Max Koenig, is a history professor from Berlin, who left Germany in 1938, escaping from The Nazis as well as secrets that happened in Germany during the 1930’s.
After finding work in a University in the US state of Nebraska, he begins to settle down until he is accused of being a spy for the German intelligence by an Escaped German Jew.
So, the university does not suffer from bad publicity, Max is put on sabbatical for 3 months before being asked to leave.
To help Max a friend of his offers him a chance to translate a diary by a famous crime writer which was written in German to her dead son, who was killed in the burning of his church, in the anti-German feelings during World War 1.
The only problem is, however, she lived in what is called the most patriotic town in the whole of America as it banned the German language, music and the town name was changed to sound more English.
But when the diary gets stolen Max is accused of stealing the diary as well vandalism against the war memorial. The Twon Turns against him. Except, is Jenni Fields whose husband died fighting the Germans in Europe and her young son though Jenni also has secrets to hide.
The Stranger from Berlin was an enjoyable story to read that took a story set in World War 2 and came upon it from a different angle. Instead, of dealing with combat, or daring spying operations, this novel took place in small town America.
The novel even though it was set in World War II, was not a normal l novel set in that conflict, as it concentrated on secrets not ones that would change the events of the war but those of a personal kind.
This was done in several ways in how the town changed everything two keep its German ancestry hidden from the world.
But the story also examined how secrets can cause problems through the eyes of Max the professor from Germany. As well as Jenni a local who as lived there all her life but has secrets of her own that she wants to keep.
What I really liked about the story was how the writer was able to not only tell the story of Max and Julia dealing with there secrets but also how other members of the ton reacted to what was happening.
This was practically well done as readers we had some idea of the personality of the people who had the different reactions both positive and negative, so when they acted the way, they did, it would seem to be in keeping with the personality.
Max Koenig, is a history professor from Berlin, who left Germany in 1938, escaping from The Nazis as well as secrets that happened in Germany during the 1930’s.
After finding work in a University in the US state of Nebraska, he begins to settle down until he is accused of being a spy for the German intelligence by an Escaped German Jew.
So, the university does not suffer from bad publicity, Max is put on sabbatical for 3 months before being asked to leave.
To help Max a friend of his offers him a chance to translate a diary by a famous crime writer which was written in German to her dead son, who was killed in the burning of his church, in the anti-German feelings during World War 1.
The only problem is, however, she lived in what is called the most patriotic town in the whole of America as it banned the German language, music and the town name was changed to sound more English.
But when the diary gets stolen Max is accused of stealing the diary as well vandalism against the war memorial. The Twon Turns against him. Except, is Jenni Fields whose husband died fighting the Germans in Europe and her young son though Jenni also has secrets to hide.
The Stranger from Berlin was an enjoyable story to read that took a story set in World War 2 and came upon it from a different angle. Instead, of dealing with combat, or daring spying operations, this novel took place in small town America.
The novel even though it was set in World War II, was not a normal l novel set in that conflict, as it concentrated on secrets not ones that would change the events of the war but those of a personal kind.
This was done in several ways in how the town changed everything two keep its German ancestry hidden from the world.
But the story also examined how secrets can cause problems through the eyes of Max the professor from Germany. As well as Jenni a local who as lived there all her life but has secrets of her own that she wants to keep.
What I really liked about the story was how the writer was able to not only tell the story of Max and Julia dealing with there secrets but also how other members of the ton reacted to what was happening.
This was practically well done as readers we had some idea of the personality of the people who had the different reactions both positive and negative, so when they acted the way, they did, it would seem to be in keeping with the personality.