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The Arms Maker of Berlin

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The Arms Maker of Berlin

By: Dan Fesperman
Narrated by: Dick Hill
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 Nat Turnbull, a history professor who specializes in the German resistance, is only mildly surprised when his estranged mentor, Gordon Wolfe, is arrested for possession of stolen World War II archives. But what's in the archives is staggering: a spymaster's trove missing since the end of the war, one that Gordon has always claimed is full of "secrets you can't find anywhere else...Live ammunition."

Key documents are still missing, however, and Nat believes Gordon has hidden them. The FBI agrees, and when Gordon is then found dead in jail, the Bureau dispatches Nat to track down the material, which has also caught the interest of several dangerous competitors. Following a trail of cryptic clues left behind by Gordon, and assisted by an attractive German academic with questionable motives, Nat's quest takes him to Bern and Berlin. His path soon crosses that of Kurt Bauer, an aging German arms merchant still hoarding his own wartime secrets. As their tales - and Gordon's - intersect across half a century, long-buried exploits of deceit, devotion and doomed resistance begin working their way to the surface. As the stakes rise, so do the risks.

Here is Dan Fesperman's most thrilling, unexpected, and satisfying novel yet.

©2009 Dan Fesperman (P)2009 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Espionage Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military War Exciting
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This is a hugely ambitiously novel, taking in the White Rose resistance movement in Germany along with an analysis of how the past affects the present. Dan Fesperman never disappoints in the effort and research undertaken to support his work. The kind of novel you may need to read more than once to appreciate all the details.

An epic work, meticulously researched

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I wonder if members of the IDF realise their current actions have lifetime repercussions and that there will always be historians and those with personal motives that will track down those responsible for atrocities. They say history repeats and we can see how individuals with commercial connections to weapons are given permission to avoid their responsibilities and when the tide turns those fighting on the wrong side of history will do anything to look after themselves whistle blowing on anyone for personal gain or protection


Fascinating and Emotional story investigating Wartime Betrayal

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This was my first Dan Fesperman book. It perhaps lacks the edginess of, say, John Le Carre's best spy-thriller books, particularly in the denouement, but it is nevertheless very well written with an intriguing plot and likeable and well drawn characters; I certainly will be tempted to try the author's other books. Dick Hill' narration captures the author's tone brilliantly, his judgement of pace is perfect and he draws the characters just right - a very enjoyable audiobook.

Good stuff

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This books starts of a little slow but after a few minutes you are hooked and just want to listen and listen and listen. The narration is superb and I now intend to listen to other books by this narrator. I did not want this book to finish whilst at the same time needing to know what happens. I am not going to give away the plot but this is a book I would highly recommend and would give it 100 stars if such a rating was availble.

An absolute must!

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