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Descriptionâ€œReturn to the Reich is a mesmerizing piece of historical reportage. Not a word wasted, everypage worth turning in this beautifully written account of one of the most daring and successfulsecret missions of WWII. This is a masterful account by a fantastically talented writer.â€•â€”AlexKershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and The Longest Winterâ€œEric Lichtblauâ€s absorbing narrative reads like a spy novel; he captures a sense ofworking and living undercover, from the strains of secretly building support for the intelligencemission, to the thrills of succeeding against the Nazi regime while living among its supporters. Thisrecounting of the work of two Jewish refugees from Hitlerâ€s Europe fighting against the horrorsof Nazi Germany is as much a lesson for today as it is a tale of their astonishing experiences.â€•â€”Margaret Henoch, retired CIA senior chief of stationÂ â€œAt a time of national division,Freddy Mayer is the hero we so desperately need to remember and celebrate. In Return to theReich, Eric Lichtblau has discovered a riveting story of the boundless courage of an ordinary manwho became extraordinary at a time when the world was on fire. One of Americaâ€s greatreporters takes us back to a gripping chapter of World War II that Hollywood has somehowmissed. Tom Hanks, call your agent.â€•â€”James Risen, author of Pay Any Price: Greed,Power, and Endless War â€œRecounting one of the most successful espionage missions,Lichtblau delivers the goods, shining a bright spotlight on a truly unique character: Mayer wasaggressive, ingenious, and often disregarded the rules, to great effect. An enthralling pageturner.â€•â€”KirkusReviews, starred review â€œAn extremely accessible read, this wellresearchedbook will appeal to fans of espionage tales, World War II history, biographies, as wellas young adult audiences.â€•â€”Library Journal, starred review â€œGripping . . . Readers willdevour Lichtblauâ€s fresh and masterfully told WWII story.â€•â€”Publishers Weekly'Readers are launched on an exhilarating ride . . . Details pop and characters vividly spring alive .. . Freddy MayerÂ is an irresistible subject, and he deserves a dozen more recountings of hisadventures.â€•â€”Wall Street Journal ERIC LICHTBLAU is a Pulitzer Prizeâ€“winninginvestigative reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times and has written aboutlegal, political, and national security issues in the capital since 1999. He was the co-recipient of thePulitzer Prize in 2006 for his stories in the New York Times disclosing the existence of a secretwiretapping program approved by President George W. Bush after the 9/11 attacks. He was areporter for the Los Angeles Times for fifteen years before joining the New York Times in 2002. Agraduate of Cornell University, he is the author of Bushâ€s Law: The Remaking of American
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