Tag: Ronald Balson

From the New York Times bestselling and National Jewish Book Award–winning author: a gripping novel of foreboding, betrayal, heroism, and hope set in World War II Budapest. By the end of 1943, nearly all of Europe’s Jewish population had fled, been deported, captured, or killed by Hitler. Only Hungary and its almost 900,000 Jews remained free from Hitler’s subjugation.

From the winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Theodore “Teddy” Hartigan is the scion of a wealthy Washington DC family who place him into a comfortable job at the State Department and a placid diplomat’s career. In 1938, as Hitler’s inexorable rise continues, Teddy is re-assigned to the US Consulate in Amsterdam to replace fleeing staff.