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The Seventh Secret
374 pages
Published
1988
(first published November 22nd 1985)
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Ein netter kleiner Verschwörungsthriller, den der Autor aus Anlass des 40. Todestags von Adolf Hitler begonnen hat. Die deutsche Ausgabe kam 1989 auf den Markt und war binnen kürzester Zeit Makulatur, denn mit dem Fall der Mauer verlor auch der in der Todeszone dahinter gelegene gesprengte Führerbunker seinen Status als Trümmerhaufen im Sperrgebiet.
Rein sprachlich fühlt man ich wie in einem Agententhriller der Sechziger, das Personal passt auch besser in diese Zeit, obwohl die Handlung Mitte der...more
Rein sprachlich fühlt man ich wie in einem Agententhriller der Sechziger, das Personal passt auch besser in diese Zeit, obwohl die Handlung Mitte der...more
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Sigh. Some books just make you frustrated. The Seventh Secret has a awesome concept; a group of people investigate the final hours of Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun's life and begin to question if they really did commit suicide as Berlin fell. Throughout the novel, author Irving Wallace continued to build the story up for an awesome ending! But, when the ending came, I was beyond disappointed. It was as if Wallace was writing the ending the night before the book was published and he just through som...more
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in the "Führerbunker" on April 30th, 1945. Their corpses were dragged into a crater outside the bunker and burned. Everybody knows that.
But what if an Oxford-professor gets killed on the streets of Berlin after announcing his plan to write a conclusive Hitler-biography? And what if a painting appears, obviously an original Hitler, that can only have been painted after 1950?
The author follows the investigation into the professor's death, in which four...more
But what if an Oxford-professor gets killed on the streets of Berlin after announcing his plan to write a conclusive Hitler-biography? And what if a painting appears, obviously an original Hitler, that can only have been painted after 1950?
The author follows the investigation into the professor's death, in which four...more
This is one of the few books that I read more than twice. It's very fast-paced.
It's a very frightening story about what if Hitler survived the WW II?
The same topic was described in Robert Harris' "Fatherland", but not nearly as compelling, but rather slow.
The movie based on "Fatherland" was o.k., but I could imagine how much better a movie based on "The Seventh secret" would have been!
Definitely a keeper.
It's a very frightening story about what if Hitler survived the WW II?
The same topic was described in Robert Harris' "Fatherland", but not nearly as compelling, but rather slow.
The movie based on "Fatherland" was o.k., but I could imagine how much better a movie based on "The Seventh secret" would have been!
Definitely a keeper.
This book explores the idea that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun did not commit suicide in April 1945. This is a great book. While reading it I had to research the actual historical events. Wallace made a very plausible case- maybe they did survive. There aren't many historical fiction books that actually have Hitler as a character. I really enjoyed this read! A great book!
So many questions whether Hitler was killed and his body is in custody of the Russians. This novel puts a question mark and a possibility whether the body in Russia is a body double. It is known that Hitler had 6 underground bunkers, but it was later discovered there was a 7th.
A good, slightly offbeat story about the possibility that Hitler and Eva Braun did not die in 1945 as previously assumed. Wallace (as usual) writes a readable story that keeps the reader interested from beginning to end. An interesting idea leading to a good story.
I have always been looking around to read something related to World war II with Hitler as the central character in my school days... So this was one which I read with lots of interest during my college days...May be Eva Brown is still around...
Absolute Master-Class....a great thriller....if u like World War-2 and Adolf Hitler kind of stuff then you'll love this fiction..This is one book which will stay in my mind forever.
I read a number of Irving Wallace's books when I was a young woman. I picked this up at a flea market and enjoyed it very much. It does end rather abruptly but overall a good read.
Wow! The author travels into what-if Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun survived. With a brilliant twist on allmost every page.
Heck and the sex scenes!
Heck and the sex scenes!
Everyone knows that Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in their bunker at the end of World War II. What this book presupposes is that, maybe they didn’t? (Thank you, Royal Tenenbaums.)
The Seventh Secret works off a fascinating premise, and develops it thoroughly. All the elements of a good suspense novel are here, and it is exciting to read. The strangest thing about it was the gratuitous sex scenes: I just don’t understand why they were included. Wallace explores an interesting theory...more
The Seventh Secret works off a fascinating premise, and develops it thoroughly. All the elements of a good suspense novel are here, and it is exciting to read. The strangest thing about it was the gratuitous sex scenes: I just don’t understand why they were included. Wallace explores an interesting theory...more
I liked the book especially the mystries connecting with each other and finally leading to one conclusion.
If anybody could answer then just wanted to know the extent to which this book and its story is true.
If anybody could answer then just wanted to know the extent to which this book and its story is true.
Excellent What If novel. Definitely one that I would recommend to be read
Lectura muy ágil, que inicia con una interesante/polémica hipótesis.
I loved this book. I read it within 48 hours and was taken by it. The reason why I gave it 4 out of 5 stars is, I was not very happy with the ending. I think there could have been a better solution.Otherwise its a good read.
Uma história fabulosa, adorei! (O Sétimo Segredo )
Enjoyed the fiction surrounding Hitler's death!!
Another perspective of what happened that day.
A diabolical plot..chilling to the core.
Read this years ago and loved it.
A terrific plot about Hilter regime..
Good and surprise one for me.....
truth is stranger than fiction
Interesting concept.
Very good.
Stupid!!!.Just one word to describe.
Wish I had a way to mark this book "one of the worst I've ever read" because that's what it was. The plot could have been interesting, but the whole thing was so contrived. And coincidences abounded... to the tune of a character thinking something along the lines of "If only I knew someone knowledgeable about Soviet art!" and two seconds later the curator of the Leningrad art museum knocks on the door. Bad, bad, bad.
Good read but there is room for a sequel
This book was interesting "what if" scenario. Everyone knows that it isn't real, but it was an enjoyable little piece of fiction anyway.
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Irving Wallace was an American bestselling author and screenwriter. His extensively researched books included such page-turners as The Chapman Report (1960), about human sexuality; The Prize (1962), a fictional behind-the-scenes account of the Nobel Prizes; The Man, about a black man becoming president of the U.S. in the 1960s; and The Word (1972), about the discovery of a new gospel.
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