Nuremberg: The Reckoning
by Jr. William F. Buckley
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With his customary authority and audacity, William F. Buckley, Jr., has taken a pivotal moment in history and shaped it into absorbing, original fiction that is a coming-of-age story and a riveting novel exploring characters and issues that defined history.Tags
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Buckley was a family "word" growing up as my parents either watched or listened to a television or radio show hosted by Buckley. So when this book became the Kindle book of the day in 2018, I snatched it up. This book is a historical fiction read post WWII. It follows a fictional protagonist—Sebastian Reinhard, a German-born American who serves as a translator at the trials. Reinhard's job is to translate anything Kurt Amadeus says from German into English. Throughout the course of the trial and subsequent execution, Reinhard learns of his own heritage and the fate of his own father. To be honest, I was more interested when Buckley dropped names such as Goring, Ribbentrop, and Speer, than I was in this actual story. I found the show more fictional characters somewhat flat and featureless. This book did not have the emotional impact for which I had hoped. 384 pages show less
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Editor and writer William F. Buckley, Jr. was born in New York City on November 24, 1925. While at Yale University, he studied political science, history and economics and graduated with honors. In 1955, he founded the weekly journal National Review where he was editor in chief. He began his syndicated newspaper column in 1962 and his weekly show more television discussion program, Firing Line was syndicated in 1966. Buckley wrote "God and Man at Yale" (1951) which was an indictment of liberal education in the United States, "Up from Liberalism" (1959), "The Unmaking of a Mayor" (1966), which tells of his unsuccessful mayoral campaign as the Conservative Party candidate for New York City in 1965, and "Quotations from Chairman Bill" (1970). Buckley also wrote best selling stories of international intrigue whose titles include "Saving the Queen" (1976), "Stained Glass" (1978), "Who's on First" (1980), "Marco Polo, If You Can" (1981), and "See You Later, Alligator" (1985). He died on February 27, 2008. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Major-General Iona Nikitchenko; Rt. Hon. Col. Sir Geoffrey Lawrence; Francis Biddle
- Important places
- Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany
- Important events
- Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (1945-11-14 | 1946-10-01)
- Dedication
- For my fellow author, sister, and godchild---Carol Buckley
- First words
- His eyes lingered longer than sual on the headlines as he walked by the corner newsstand, the summer leaves of the overhanging oak trees brushing down over the canvas awning that protected the papers and magazines and cigaret... (show all)tes of the little kiosk from summer rains.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Add the faces of those others, six million in the other slaughterhouses, eight million dead of enemy fire and allied bombs in the hell of those four terrible years, so modest an attempt at whose requital Sebastian heard now, in the thump that ended the life of the man competent to kill everybody except himself  Sebastian wept on, and all that Harry could think to do was just look away.
- Publisher's editor
- Vaughan, Samuel S.
- Canonical DDC/MDS
- 813.54
- Canonical LCC
- PS3552.U344
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
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- ASINs
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