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Title: The Exception
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Alan Judd
Narrator: Gibson Frazier
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-30-17
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Soon to be a movie titled The Exception starring Christopher Plummer, Lily James, and Jai Courtney, this "crisp, adroit, and subtle tale of great personal power" (The New York Times) follows the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm, the young Nazi officer assigned to guard him, and the Jewish maid who unwittingly comes between them.
It is 1940, and the exiled monarch Kaiser Wilhelm is living in his Dutch chateau, Huis Doorn. The old German king spends his days chopping logs and musing on what might have been.
When the Nazis invade Holland, the Kaiser's staff is replaced by SS guards, led by young and recently commissioned SS officer Martin Krebbs, and an unlikely relationship develops between the king and his keeper. While they agree on the rightfulness of German expansion and on holding the nation's Jewish population accountable for all ills, they disagree on the solutions.
But when Krebbs becomes attracted to Akki, a Jewish maid in the house, he begins to question his belief in Nazism. As the threads of history conspire with the recklessness of the heart, The Kaiser, Untersturmfuhrer Krebbs, and the mysterious Akki find themselves increasingly conflicted and gravely at risk.
Members Reviews:
I did thoroughly enjoy this book
I did thoroughly enjoy this book. Mainly because it made me curious enough to look up so much history. It's not a great book but it an easy read. If you are interested WWII history this might be for you. It is a quick read. I have heard that the movie is better but, I am still glad that I read it.
The Kaiser, the Waffen-SS man, and the maid...
In 1918, after the German loss in WW1, Kaiser Wilhelm lost both his crown by abdication and his home in Germany. He took his wife, Dona, and his household staff to Holland, where he moved first into a house in Amerongen, and then to his final house in Doorn. He lived there - in exile - for the last twenty or so years of his life. He died at Huis Doorn, in June, 1941, at the age of 82. He was survived by his second wife.
In his short book, "The Kaiser's Last Kiss", British author Alan Judd takes some liberties with facts, but writes a story of the old Kaiser's last days. Judd's story includes a young Nazi Waffen-SS officer, Martin Krebbs, who has been ordered by the German government to take over the running of Huis Doorn after the Germans took over the Netherlands. Among the people Krebbs meets at the house is a maid, called Akki. Akki has become close to the Kaiser since her employment - she has beautiful hands - and becomes close to Krebbs after he's assigned to the house duty. These three are Judd's main characters and Judd pays close attention on how the three interact - either with each other or as a group of three. Other characters come and go - some more important than others - but essentially the plot of "The Kaiser's Last Kiss" is solely in these characters' hands.
I think Alan Judd is trying to make all three act in ways their natures and political positions would find difficult. Krebbs' Waffen-SS is tested early when he makes reference to a real act of German atrocity at La Paradis in Normandy.
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Title: The Exception
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Alan Judd
Narrator: Gibson Frazier
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-30-17
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 6 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Soon to be a movie titled The Exception starring Christopher Plummer, Lily James, and Jai Courtney, this "crisp, adroit, and subtle tale of great personal power" (The New York Times) follows the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm, the young Nazi officer assigned to guard him, and the Jewish maid who unwittingly comes between them.
It is 1940, and the exiled monarch Kaiser Wilhelm is living in his Dutch chateau, Huis Doorn. The old German king spends his days chopping logs and musing on what might have been.
When the Nazis invade Holland, the Kaiser's staff is replaced by SS guards, led by young and recently commissioned SS officer Martin Krebbs, and an unlikely relationship develops between the king and his keeper. While they agree on the rightfulness of German expansion and on holding the nation's Jewish population accountable for all ills, they disagree on the solutions.
But when Krebbs becomes attracted to Akki, a Jewish maid in the house, he begins to question his belief in Nazism. As the threads of history conspire with the recklessness of the heart, The Kaiser, Untersturmfuhrer Krebbs, and the mysterious Akki find themselves increasingly conflicted and gravely at risk.
Members Reviews:
I did thoroughly enjoy this book
I did thoroughly enjoy this book. Mainly because it made me curious enough to look up so much history. It's not a great book but it an easy read. If you are interested WWII history this might be for you. It is a quick read. I have heard that the movie is better but, I am still glad that I read it.
The Kaiser, the Waffen-SS man, and the maid...
In 1918, after the German loss in WW1, Kaiser Wilhelm lost both his crown by abdication and his home in Germany. He took his wife, Dona, and his household staff to Holland, where he moved first into a house in Amerongen, and then to his final house in Doorn. He lived there - in exile - for the last twenty or so years of his life. He died at Huis Doorn, in June, 1941, at the age of 82. He was survived by his second wife.
In his short book, "The Kaiser's Last Kiss", British author Alan Judd takes some liberties with facts, but writes a story of the old Kaiser's last days. Judd's story includes a young Nazi Waffen-SS officer, Martin Krebbs, who has been ordered by the German government to take over the running of Huis Doorn after the Germans took over the Netherlands. Among the people Krebbs meets at the house is a maid, called Akki. Akki has become close to the Kaiser since her employment - she has beautiful hands - and becomes close to Krebbs after he's assigned to the house duty. These three are Judd's main characters and Judd pays close attention on how the three interact - either with each other or as a group of three. Other characters come and go - some more important than others - but essentially the plot of "The Kaiser's Last Kiss" is solely in these characters' hands.
I think Alan Judd is trying to make all three act in ways their natures and political positions would find difficult. Krebbs' Waffen-SS is tested early when he makes reference to a real act of German atrocity at La Paradis in Normandy.