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The Kinder Garden
Investigating a pair of murders, a British Army officer encounters the dangerous, corrupt, and brutal world of post-war Berlin and the nightmarish place they call "the Kinder Garden"
460 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1991
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Frederick Taylor
50 books71 followersFrederick Taylor is a British novelist and historian specialising in modern German history.
He was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and read History and Modern Languages at Oxford University. He did postgraduate work at Sussex University on the rise of the extreme right in Germany in the early twentieth century. Before embarking on the series of historical monographs for which he is best known, he translated The Goebbels Diaries 1939–1941 into English and wrote novels set in Germany.
He was educated at Aylesbury Grammar School and read History and Modern Languages at Oxford University. He did postgraduate work at Sussex University on the rise of the extreme right in Germany in the early twentieth century. Before embarking on the series of historical monographs for which he is best known, he translated The Goebbels Diaries 1939–1941 into English and wrote novels set in Germany.
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February 12, 2012
Giving up after 150 pages.
Just couldn't get into this one. Kept going as descriptions of Berlin during the 40's initially had me interested and I thought it was going to be pretty good. However I felt the characters were flat and wooden. Lost interest totally at 150.
Just couldn't get into this one. Kept going as descriptions of Berlin during the 40's initially had me interested and I thought it was going to be pretty good. However I felt the characters were flat and wooden. Lost interest totally at 150.
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