Einstein Vendetta Hitler, Mussolini, and a true story of murder
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Biografisk notat
Thomas Harding is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian, amongst other publications.
He is the bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf, which won the JQ-Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction, The House by the Lake, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, Blood on the Page, which won the Crime Writers' Association 'Golden Dagger Award for Non-Fiction', and The Maverick, which was selected by the New York Times as a Critic’s Pick for 2023. His most recent book, The Einstein Vendetta (2025), is a true story of betrayal and murder in Nazi-occupied Italy.
You can follow Thomas on Twitter/x @thomasharding
Einstein Vendetta Hitler, Mussolini, and a true story of murder
<i>Praise for The Einstein Vendetta</i>
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What’s in a name? Well, if it’s Einstein, quite a lot. Thomas Harding has carved out a significant reputation as a <b>prize-winning writer</b>, and<i> The Einstein Vendetta </i>makes for <b>deeply shocking reading</b>. This is a <b>gripping</b>, <b>finely researched</b>, <b>superbly written</b> and <b>deeply important book</b>
- Anna Sebba, Spectator
I absolutely devoured <i>The Einstein Vendetta</i>. It is so moving and the way in which Harding navigates the unresolved nature of the story is quite remarkable. Totally compelling
Edmund de Waal
An absolute triumph. Beautifully judged and infused with humanity and empathy
- Allan Little,
<b>Nazi brutality</b>, and the resulting <b>family pain and grief</b>, is <b>vividly recorded</b>. <i>The Einstein Vendetta</i> <b>shines a light</b> on these <b>forgotten lives and crimes </b>and on <b>the limits of post-war</b> attempts to secure <b>justice</b>. Harding <b>evokes time and place beautifully</b>, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is <b>a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning</b>
Spectator
<b>Scrupulously researched</b>
Herald
<i>The Einstein Vendetta </i><b>will tug at your heartstrings</b> and <b>prompt righteous outrage</b>. Harding <b>captures beautifully </b>the <b>general atmosphere of wartime Tuscany</b>, the fear the family must have felt in their last hours and <b>the inhuman toll the </b><b>executions took</b>. Harding is <b>excellent on the investigations of the case</b> – the details of this ‘slow, hard work. Real shoe-leather work’ could in other hands be dry and dusty, but <b>Harding makes them riveting</b>: archival files poured over in search of vital clues, witnesses undone by failing memory, and always the hope that some small cosmic order will be restored by finding the man who ordered the shootings
Telegraph
Thomas Harding has <b>carved out a niche unravelling unexplained events</b>. <i>The Einstein Vendetta </i>shows that, although more than eighty years have passed since the Wehrmacht and the SS retreated from Tuscany, <b>there is still </b><b>substantial appetite to nail down the crimes they committed</b>
Caroline Moorhead, Literary Review
<b>Did the Führer personally order the hit? Doggedly pursuing his own investigation, Mr Harding interviews surviving witnesses and Einstein family members</b>
Economist
<b>A riveting quest for the truth. </b>Harding shines a spotlight on a range of investigators and their dogged detective work . . . <b>Best of all is the book’s final section, which exerts a</b> <b>thriller-like grip</b>. Harding’s treatment of the investigations comprises open and closed cases, possible suspects and unreliable witnesses, fact-finding trips far and wide, and a momentous discovery
Washington Examiner
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake comes a gripping true story of murder, war and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence
'I absolutely devoured The Einstein Vendetta' EDMUND DE WAAL
'Thomas Harding is a researcher of the first rank' DAILY EXPRESS
'Harding evokes time and place beautifully, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning’ SPECTATOR
'The Einstein Vendetta will tug at your heartstrings and prompt righteous outrage' TELEGRAPH
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Italy, 1944. As war rages, German soldiers arrive at the home of a Jewish businessman, Robert Einstein, on the outskirts of Florence. Their aim? To interrogate the cousin of the world's most famous scientist and vocal critic of the Nazi regime.
They find no trace of Robert, who has fled to a nearby woodland - but inside the house are his wife and two daughters. Hours later, a family is dead and the soldiers have vanished.
Peeling back layers of history, Thomas Harding examines the Nazis' descent into criminality and revenge under the terrible guise of war. Did Hitler personally order the hit? Who was involved? And why did they get away with it?
<i>Praise for The Einstein Vendetta</i>
-
What’s in a name? Well, if it’s Einstein, quite a lot. Thomas Harding has carved out a significant reputation as a <b>prize-winning writer</b>, and<i> The Einstein Vendetta </i>makes for <b>deeply shocking reading</b>. This is a <b>gripping</b>, <b>finely researched</b>, <b>superbly written</b> and <b>deeply important book</b>
- Anna Sebba, Spectator
I absolutely devoured <i>The Einstein Vendetta</i>. It is so moving and the way in which Harding navigates the unresolved nature of the story is quite remarkable. Totally compelling
Edmund de Waal
An absolute triumph. Beautifully judged and infused with humanity and empathy
- Allan Little,
<b>Nazi brutality</b>, and the resulting <b>family pain and grief</b>, is <b>vividly recorded</b>. <i>The Einstein Vendetta</i> <b>shines a light</b> on these <b>forgotten lives and crimes </b>and on <b>the limits of post-war</b> attempts to secure <b>justice</b>. Harding <b>evokes time and place beautifully</b>, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is <b>a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning</b>
Spectator
<b>Scrupulously researched</b>
Herald
<i>The Einstein Vendetta </i><b>will tug at your heartstrings</b> and <b>prompt righteous outrage</b>. Harding <b>captures beautifully </b>the <b>general atmosphere of wartime Tuscany</b>, the fear the family must have felt in their last hours and <b>the inhuman toll the </b><b>executions took</b>. Harding is <b>excellent on the investigations of the case</b> – the details of this ‘slow, hard work. Real shoe-leather work’ could in other hands be dry and dusty, but <b>Harding makes them riveting</b>: archival files poured over in search of vital clues, witnesses undone by failing memory, and always the hope that some small cosmic order will be restored by finding the man who ordered the shootings
Telegraph
Thomas Harding has <b>carved out a niche unravelling unexplained events</b>. <i>The Einstein Vendetta </i>shows that, although more than eighty years have passed since the Wehrmacht and the SS retreated from Tuscany, <b>there is still </b><b>substantial appetite to nail down the crimes they committed</b>
Caroline Moorhead, Literary Review
<b>Did the Führer personally order the hit? Doggedly pursuing his own investigation, Mr Harding interviews surviving witnesses and Einstein family members</b>
Economist
<b>A riveting quest for the truth. </b>Harding shines a spotlight on a range of investigators and their dogged detective work . . . <b>Best of all is the book’s final section, which exerts a</b> <b>thriller-like grip</b>. Harding’s treatment of the investigations comprises open and closed cases, possible suspects and unreliable witnesses, fact-finding trips far and wide, and a momentous discovery
Washington Examiner
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake comes a gripping true story of murder, war and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence
'I absolutely devoured The Einstein Vendetta' EDMUND DE WAAL
'Thomas Harding is a researcher of the first rank' DAILY EXPRESS
'Harding evokes time and place beautifully, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning’ SPECTATOR
'The Einstein Vendetta will tug at your heartstrings and prompt righteous outrage' TELEGRAPH
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Italy, 1944. As war rages, German soldiers arrive at the home of a Jewish businessman, Robert Einstein, on the outskirts of Florence. Their aim? To interrogate the cousin of the world's most famous scientist and vocal critic of the Nazi regime.
They find no trace of Robert, who has fled to a nearby woodland - but inside the house are his wife and two daughters. Hours later, a family is dead and the soldiers have vanished.
Peeling back layers of history, Thomas Harding examines the Nazis' descent into criminality and revenge under the terrible guise of war. Did Hitler personally order the hit? Who was involved? And why did they get away with it?
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
Thomas Harding is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian, amongst other publications.
He is the bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf, which won the JQ-Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction, The House by the Lake, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, Blood on the Page, which won the Crime Writers' Association 'Golden Dagger Award for Non-Fiction', and The Maverick, which was selected by the New York Times as a Critic’s Pick for 2023. His most recent book, The Einstein Vendetta (2025), is a true story of betrayal and murder in Nazi-occupied Italy.
You can follow Thomas on Twitter/x @thomasharding