Dora, Dora

With Germany losing the war and his line to Hitler cut, Albert Speer, the Reich's armaments minister, travels north over Christmas 1943, set on reaching the Arctic shore in the depth of the polar night; still, he will do whatever it takes for the Führer to win. Among his companions are his secretary Annemarie Kempf and Ewald Himmelblau, a conjuror who entertains the troops. Ringed by prison camps in the frozen north, their faultless manners come under strain. At Rovaniemi, Eero Kallankari, a young Finnish officer assigned as interpreter, joins them; captivated by Annemarie, he senses straight away the pressures building towards an explosion.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

333 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Finland, 1943

First published

2012 by Otava

Author's age

58 when first published

ISBN

9789511259701 (original)