The uncomfortable moral of Travellers in the Third Reich is that people see and hear only what they already want to see and hear' - David Pryce-Jones, Standpoint 'Fascinating. Julia Boyd's book, drawing on wide experience and forensic research, seeks to answer some of these questions.' - Randolph Churchill 'With an almost novelistic touch, presents a range of stories of human interest.

makes for thought-provoking reading' - Caroline Moorehead, Literary Review 'A fascinating book' - Robert Elms, BBC Radio London 'To a younger generation it seems incomprehensible that after the tragic Great War people and political leaders allowed themselves to march into the abyss again. She has visited archives all over the world and assembled a vast and entertaining cast of travellers. Julia Boyd's research has been exhaustive. I can thoroughly recommend it as a contribution to knowledge and an absorbing and stimulating book in itself' - Peter Hitchens, Mail on Sunday ''Meticulously researched. It warns us that we, with our all-seeing hindsight, might ourselves have been fooled or beguiled or inclined to make excuses, had we been there at the time. surreal scenes pepper Boyd's deep trawl of travellers' tales from the scores of visitors who were drawn to the `new Germany' in the 1930s' - The Spectator 'Contains many amazing anecdotes. lets her voices, skilfully orchestrated, speak for themselves, which they do with great eloquence' - The Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating. both flatters and challenges our hindsight. Publisher: Elliott & Thompson Limited ISBN: 9781783963461 Number of pages: 464 Dimensions: 235 x 156 mm MEDIA REVIEWS Disturbing, absurd, moving, and ranging from the deeply trivial to the deeply tragic, their tales give a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich, its paradoxes and its ultimate destruction. These are the accidental eyewitnesses to history. Their experiences create a remarkable three-dimensional picture of Germany under Hitler - one so palpable that the reader will feel, hear, even breathe the atmosphere. Travellers in the Third Reich is an extraordinary history of the rise of the Nazis based on fascinating first-hand accounts, drawing together a multitude of voices and stories, including students, politicians, musicians, diplomats, schoolchildren, communists, scholars, athletes, poets, journalists, fascists, artists, tourists, even celebrities like Charles Lindbergh and Samuel Beckett. The events that took place in Germany between 19 were dramatic and terrible but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt - of hope. What was it like to travel in the Third Reich without the benefit of post-war hindsight? How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to grasp the essence of National Socialism, to remain untouched by the propaganda or predict the Holocaust?

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