The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal by Simon Parkin

The Island of Extraordinary Captives: A True Story of an Artist, a Spy and a Wartime Scandal

Simon Parkin

475 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced

Description

The police came for Peter Fleischmann in the early hours. It reminded the teenager of the Gestapo’s moonlit roundups he had narrowly avoided at home in Berlin. Now, having endured a perilous journey to reach England – hiding from the rampaging Naz...

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Moods

informative 90%
challenging 36%
emotional 36%
reflective 36%
dark 27%
sad 27%
tense 18%
hopeful 9%
inspiring 9%

Pace

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medium 36%
fast 9%

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