A haunting WWII murder mystery tied to Einstein.
Tuscany, 1944: Nazi soldiers arrive at Robert Einstein’s villa and, hours later, innocents are dead and the perpetrators vanish. Thomas Harding follows the decades-long hunt for answers behind a forgotten wartime atrocity.
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The Einstein Vendetta: Hitler, Mussolini, And a True Story Of Murder
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A haunting WWII murder mystery tied to Einstein.
Tuscany, 1944: Nazi soldiers arrive at Robert Einstein’s villa and, hours later, innocents are dead and the perpetrators vanish. Thomas Harding follows the decades-long hunt for answers behind a forgotten wartime atrocity.
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake comes a gripping true story of murder, war and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence
'I absolutely devoured The Einstein Vendetta' EDMUND DE WAAL
'Thomas Harding is a researcher of the first rank' DAILY EXPRESS
'Harding evokes time and place beautifully, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning' SPECTATOR
'The Einstein Vendetta will tug at your heartstrings and prompt righteous outrage' TELEGRAPH
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TUSCANY, 1944. German soldiers arrive at a villa on the outskirts of Florence to interrogate the cousin of the world's most famous scientist. Hours later, innocent civilians are dead and the troops have vanished.
Weaving together first-hand testimony, unpublished material and original interviews, Thomas Harding tells a dramatic story of vengeance - and of one family's personal torment - as Nazi forces made a last brutal stand ahead of impending Allied liberation.
Ideal for readers who…
- love narrative non-fiction that reads like a thriller, grounded in meticulous research and testimony
- are interested in WWII Italy and the brutal endgame of Nazi occupation ahead of Allied liberation
- want true stories that explore injustice, civilian suffering, and the human cost of war
- enjoy forensic, character-driven history with strong sense of place and escalating tension
- liked Thomas Harding’s Hanns and Rudolf or The House by the Lake and want his next gripping investigation
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- ISBN
- 9781405958462
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, (23 April 2026)
- Number of Pages
- 400
- Weight
- 302 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 198 x 129 x 27 mm
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