Based partly on observations made during his internment as a prisoner of war from 1916 to 1918, it can be seen as the foundation for everything he wrote in the 1920s and 1930s in the shadow. I highly recommend in the enemys house for both nonfiction and fiction readers. Howard blum has told a very important story in a very compelling manner. In my enemys house is a well written piece of historical fiction by canadian author carol matas. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company. I recommend this book to anyone who would like a more clearer image of what it would take to survive the holocaust. It gives a sence of faith to god and having hope when everything around her is. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. When the war starts her father is taken and her mom is also eventually taken too.
Howard blum is the author of the new york times bestseller and edgar award winner american lightning, as well as wanted. She has two siblings her brother is yeduh and a sister named fanny. The secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the. In 1946, genius linguist and codebreaker meredith gardner discovered that the kgb was running an extensive network of strategically placed spies inside the united states, whose goal was to infiltrate american intelligence and steal the nations military and atomic. Meredith gardner, is the focus of in the enemys house, a new book by howard blum. This book is very interesting because it is about a jewish girl trying to survive the holocaust alone. Blum describes his new book, in the enemys house, as the story of one of the nations great, but barely known, intelligence triumphs, known by its codename venona.
Blums argument is not particularly compelling when taken out of the context of its time. In my enemys house is a historical fiction set in the early 20th century during the jewish holocaust caused by hitler. The secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the russian spies. This book shows the life of a girl trying to life in a world she does not understand. Miriam is a quiet jewish girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. In my enemys house is one of the best books i have ever read. Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. The reader gets a real sense of how hard counterespionage work is and how important luck is. Kraszenski who miriams family helped hide when the russians were deporting soldiers to siberia. His heroes are fbi agent bob lamphere, a harddrinking kid from idaho and code breaker meredith gardner, a. Carol matas awardwinning novelist carol matas brings readers into the heart of nazi germany with the harrowing story of marisa, a polish jew whose blond hair and blue eyes make it easy for her to pass as a. She has many friends, a kind family, and a helpful neighbour called mr. Taut and wellcraftedof great interest to students of spydom and the early cold war.
The battles of the tet offensive were over, and the paris peace talks were about to begin. In my enemys house begins in zloczow, poland, where the invading germans are in the process of purging resident jews. This book gives the reader a different twist to the world war ii story. The secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the russian spies blum, howard on. Nevertheless as baseball executive branch rickey taught us. My favorite part of the book was how marisa never got found out by the nazi family she was with. Ironically, as we learn in howard blums new book, in the enemys house, they personally had little or nothing to do with funneling that information to the soviet union.
I never really had a true passion for reading, but when i read this book i just couldnt put it down. One explained that he felt that the american government committed gross negligence in not sharing atomic secrets with its recent ally, while julius rosenberg s haughty arrogance may lose him any sympathy readers might have had before opening the book. In the enemys house is a wellwritten, pageturner of a book, very readable and organized into brief chapters. In the enemys house is a sort of literary docudrama focusing on a fbi agent, robert lamphere and a genius code breaker, meredith gardner. It is a nonfiction story that resonates across the decades to give a new and powerful perspective on today.
In the enemys house, by howard blum, details how the americans. What would you do if the only way to survive was to hide in the enemys country. Instead, it is an account of the two men who were principally responsible for tracking down the rosenbergs. The new york times bestselling author of dark invasion and th. This is exactly what marisa has to do to save her own life. In the enemys house is a pageturning treatment of a tremendous cold war exploit, its resolution and aftermath. In the first harrowing 30 pages, teenage marisa loses her mother, father, and most of her siblings in nazi roundups and executions. In the enemys house the secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the russian spies book. The book in my enemys house by carol matas is about a jewish girl named marisa. In the enemys house the secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the russian spies author.
Honour book, geoffrey bilson award for historical fiction for young people ccbc our choice notable, sydney taylor award, books for older readers nominee, mcnally robinson book of the year for young people award. Gardner slowly but surely broke the russian secret codes superb book about the ethel and julius rosenberg case. This novel tells the fictitious story of a young jewish girl during the occupation of poland by the nazis in world war ii. The story of how marisa gets to that point and the life she lives as a nonjew is an intimate look at german society during the war.
This is a historical fiction book called in my enemys house by carol matas. Her blonde hair and blue eyes disguising her as a polish worker, marisa goes to work in germany, the papers of a polish girl named maria hiding her real identity as a jew. Buy the paperback book in my enemys house by carol matas at indigo. The secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the russian spies in new york journal of books.
In my enemys house by carol matas, paperback barnes. See the newest novels, discuss with other book lovers, buy romance books online. This book was a great book, i couldnt stop reading it. Marisa gingrich is a 15 year old jewish girl living in zloczow, a city in poland that had been initially occupied by the russians for two years until they were driven out by. This book, in my enemys house, is thrilling, sad, and happy all in one. In the enemys house the new york times bestselling author of dark invasion and the last goodnight once again illuminates the lives of littleknown individuals who played a significant role in americas history as he chronicles the incredible true story of a critical, recently declassified counterintelligence mission and two remarkable agents whose story has been called the greatest secret. Carol matas when german soldiers arrive in zloczow during world war ii, a young jewish girl must decide whether or not to conceal her identity and work for a nazi in germany in order to survive. Lamphere felt his career in the fbi was waning, but tried to convince himself that there was a greater purpose to his busywork. Gardner worked endless hours at his cubicle in the former college for women, now known as arlington hall. The secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the russian spies by. Each week, our editors select the one author and one book they believe to be most worthy of your attention and highlight them in our pro connect email alert. It would be hard to imagine a more unlikely pairing than lamphere and gardnerthe gungho, idealistic gman who had joined the bureau in 1941 but who was disillusioned by 1953, and the solitary, reflective, selfassured gardner, who had learned. In my enemys house rated reads book ratings for content.
That book provided the first detailed but truncated account of the venona project, the most successful american counterintelligence operation of the cold war. The secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who 9780062458247 0062458248, we buy used or new for best buyback price with free shipping and offer great deals for buyers. Originally published in 1924 and available here in english for. Nba 2k20 live 2x rep formula event tonight ruffles winner best center streaking 11k otw truly duke 38 watching live now. I would recomend this book to anyone who likes reading about the holocaust. Very good condition book, with slight browning to edges of interior pages, slight bowing to covers, in a very good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges. The inference is that if all the facts were known, the rosenbergs execution would have been commuted to a term in prison. In 1946, genius linguist and codebreaker meredith gardner discovered that the kgb was running an extensive network of strategically placed spies inside the united states, whose goal was to infiltrate american intelligence and steal the nations military and. The quality of the writing should not be surprising given blums credentials as a journalist and author. The secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the russian spies howard blum. The enemys house divided university of north carolina press. In the enemys house the secret saga of the fbi agent and the code breaker who caught the russian spies.