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Title: The Kaiser's Last Kiss
Author: Alan Judd
Narrator: Gibson Frazier
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-16-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A fictionalised account of the Kaiser Wilhelm's last years in Nazi-occupied Holland.
It is 1940, and the exiled Kaiser is living in Holland, at his palace, 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 Dutch staff are replaced by SS guards, led by young, eager Untersturmfuhrer 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 country's Jewish population accountable for all ills, they disagree on the solutions. Krebbs' growing attraction and love affair with Akki, a Jewish maid in the house, further undermines his belief in Nazism. But as the tides of war roll around them, all three find themselves increasingly compromised and gravely at risk.
This subtle, tender novel borrows heavily from real history and events but remains a work of superlative literary fiction. Through Judd's depiction of the Lear-like Kaiser and the softening of brutal Krebbs, the novel draws unique parallels between Germany at the turn of the 20th century and Hitler's Germany.
Critic Reviews:
"This is a story that shows us how the nastiest regimes are composed of real people. Judd has taken some unlikely ingredients - a bitter, senile old git, a brash young SS officer and Heinrich Himmler - and, brilliantly, fashioned them into a touching, poignant story." (Daily Telegraph)
"A haunting tribute to a near-forgotten figure...and an unusual and intelligent treatment of the Third Reich." (Evening Standard, Books of the Year)
"Judd's engrossing tale, rooted in actuality, teases out the mixed responses that can exist between, and within, people." (Sunday Times, Books of the Year)
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.
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Title: The Kaiser's Last Kiss
Author: Alan Judd
Narrator: Gibson Frazier
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 56 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-16-17
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A fictionalised account of the Kaiser Wilhelm's last years in Nazi-occupied Holland.
It is 1940, and the exiled Kaiser is living in Holland, at his palace, 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 Dutch staff are replaced by SS guards, led by young, eager Untersturmfuhrer 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 country's Jewish population accountable for all ills, they disagree on the solutions. Krebbs' growing attraction and love affair with Akki, a Jewish maid in the house, further undermines his belief in Nazism. But as the tides of war roll around them, all three find themselves increasingly compromised and gravely at risk.
This subtle, tender novel borrows heavily from real history and events but remains a work of superlative literary fiction. Through Judd's depiction of the Lear-like Kaiser and the softening of brutal Krebbs, the novel draws unique parallels between Germany at the turn of the 20th century and Hitler's Germany.
Critic Reviews:
"This is a story that shows us how the nastiest regimes are composed of real people. Judd has taken some unlikely ingredients - a bitter, senile old git, a brash young SS officer and Heinrich Himmler - and, brilliantly, fashioned them into a touching, poignant story." (Daily Telegraph)
"A haunting tribute to a near-forgotten figure...and an unusual and intelligent treatment of the Third Reich." (Evening Standard, Books of the Year)
"Judd's engrossing tale, rooted in actuality, teases out the mixed responses that can exist between, and within, people." (Sunday Times, Books of the Year)
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.