| Saints and Villains Contributor(s): Giardina, Denise (Author) |
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ISBN: 0449004279 ISBN-13: 9780449004272 Publisher: Ballantine Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1999 Annotation: IN THE CHARNEL HOUSE THAT WAS EUROPE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THERE WERE FEW INSTANCES OF SHINING MORAL COURAGE, LET ALONE SECULAR SAINTHOOD. DIETRICH BONHOEFFER, THE GERMAN THEOLOGIAN AND NAZI RESISTER, WAS THE EXCEPTION. THIS EMBLEMATIC FIGURE RISKED HIS LIFE -- AND FINALLY LOST IT -- THROUGH HIS PARTICIPATION IN A FAILED PLOT TO ASSASSINATE HITLER AND TOPPLE HIS REGIME. SAINTS AND VILLAINS GIVES US THIS EXEMPLARY LIFE IN A SWEEPING NARRATIVE THAT IS BOLD IN CONCEPTION AND UTTERLY CONVINCING IN ITS POWER OF IMAGINATIVE RECONSTRUCTION. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 98096914 |
| Series: Fawcett Book |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 8" (1.15 lbs) 512 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1900-1949 - Chronological Period - 1940's - Cultural Region - Western Europe |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 44865 Reading Level: 6.0 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 31.0 |