Sisters In Resistance

 Welcome to my reading corner , where we talk about the books I've read and think you should know about , and that you might be interested in. From the bad to good, to even audiobooks  and before you ask you did read that right,buts its a new a year and I'm slowly getting in to them but I'm still going to be reading more books then audio books , each month the plan is to try and listing to 2 or 3 audio books and then talk about them  , so pull up a set and if you want to get a drink. 

Today's audiobook we're going to talk about is : 

Title : Sisters In Resistance 

Author : Tilar J.Mazzeo

Narrator: Lisa Flanagan

Nonfiction:History

Duration: 8h 29m 34 s

Published:Jan 21,2022

Rating : 5

Would I recommend it : Yes

Would I listing to this Narrator again? Yes

Would I read more by this author? Yes 

Did I know anything about this topic going in ? NO 

First off a big thank you to the publisher  Hachette Audio as well as the author Lisa Flanagam for letting me read it as well as review and for helping me learn something new on a topic that I knew nothing about at all,and I do mean nothing, the narrator does an amazing job telling the story so its easy to understand who is who , as well as bring their lives to life and the places she talks about. As well as to bring the  flawed natures of the characters themselves . Overall the book brings to the reader what these brave women went though as well done to bring to light the betrayal , as well as the danger of having the Secret diaries that lead to the murder of Galeazzo Ciano and the others who stood up for what they believed in.

DESCRIPTION

In a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of Axis war crimes to Allied forces during World War II: “A tantalizingly novelistic history lesson" (Kirkus).
 
In 1944, news of secret diaries kept by Italy's Foreign Minister, Galeazzo Ciano, had permeated public consciousness. What wasn't reported, however, was how three women—a Fascist's daughter, a German spy, and an American banker’s wife—risked their lives to ensure the diaries would reach the Allies, who would later use them as evidence against the Nazis at Nuremberg.

In 1944, Benito Mussolini's daughter, Edda, gave Hitler and her father an ultimatum: release her husband, Galeazzo Ciano, from prison, or risk her leaking her husband's journals to the press. To avoid the peril of exposing Nazi lies, Hitler and Mussolini hunted for the diaries for months, determined to destroy them.

Hilde Beetz, a German spy, was deployed to seduce Ciano to learn the diaries' location and take them from Edda. As the seducer became the seduced, Hilde converted as a double agent, joining forces with Edda to save Ciano from execution. When this failed, Edda fled to Switzerland with Hilde’s daring assistance to keep Ciano's final wish: to see the diaries published for use by the Allies. When American spymaster Allen Dulles learned of Edda's escape, he sent in Frances De Chollet, an “accidental” spy, telling her to find Edda, gain her trust, and, crucially, hand the diaries over to the Americans. Together, they succeeded in preserving one of the most important documents of WWII.
         
Drawing from in‑depth research and first-person interviews with people who witnessed these events, Mazzeo gives readers a riveting look into this little‑known moment in history and shows how, without Edda, Hilde, and Frances's involvement, certain convictions at Nuremberg would never have been possible.

Includes a Reading Group Guide

TILAR J. MAZZEO

Tilar J. Mazzeo is Professeure Associée at University of Montreal, the former Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English at Colby College, and the author of numerous works of narrative nonfiction. Her books have been New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and Los Angeles Times bestsellers.