Product Description

This novel depicts life in Nazi Germany using an upper middle class family to provide an inside view of the Hitler regime and of the muddle and madness that led up to it. Deighton tells his story through the lives of two brothers who have shared the bloody horrors of trench life in the First World War, the terrifying yet awesome aspects of a Zeppelin flight to bomb London and then after the Armistice the streetfights in peacetime Berlin. He describes the decade of permissiveness and hyperinflation during which more and more Germans turn to Hitler and his Nazi Party as the only hope for a nation in turmoil. "Winter" then becomes a terrifying and convincing picture of Berlin under the Nazis. At the centre of of events is Paul Winter, for some he is loathsome, for others he is the extreme example of a victim of circumstances - the archetypal 20th century German.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173017 in Books
• Published on: 1988-04-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Review
'A monumental work... brilliantly executed' Daily Telegraph 'Deighton's most ambitious and subtle book to date, an epic fiction' Evening Standard

About the Author
Born in London, he served in the RAF before graduating from the Royal College of Art (which recently elected him a Senior Fellow). While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator he began writing his first novel, 'The Ipcress File', which was published in 1962. He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and non-fiction. At present living in Europe, he has, over the years, lived with his family in ten different countries from Austria to Portugal.

Customer Reviews

Winter
This is one of the best books that I have ever read. It traces the history of a German family in Berlin from the turn of the century (1900) to the very early post war years. It takes in both WW1 and WW2. In my opinion what makes this book so good is the way that it helps to illustrate what it was that made so many German people support the two wars.

If you have an interest in the history and causes of WW2 then this book would be an excellent addition to your collection. It is well researched and also very well written, which is why I give it 5 stars.

Tale of a typical rich Berlin family during the 20th century
This is probably Deighton's very finest novels. telling the story of a berlin family through the troubled times of the 20th century and the introduction of Facism into europe. Compelling to read and exciting throughout. Anyone who still wonderes why the german people turned to the nazis in there millions will find the answer in these pages.

Awsome, well researched, extremely realistic.
I read this book in the German translation 'Treu und Glauben'. It is a fascinating story. It is fiction, yet it is full of historic facts. As a person who has lived part of his life during the period in question, I was truly overwhelmed.