The Madman & His Mistress—History in the Making

by Roswitha McIntosh, Mimi Stuart (Illustrator)

In Vienna, a city of opulence and abject poverty, a pageant of blond and blue-eyed men and maidens incites a madman’s fantasy and becomes his obsession. He dreams of power and glory. His first stormy love affair ends in murder, and he decides on a new mistress—Germany’s 24 million unemployed, hungry and discontent; they are to carry him to the top in his quest for world domination.
The author's and her family's experiences during those years offer extraordinary insights into Hitler’s mind and into the lives of those he dominated. It movingly illustrates a family’s valiant struggle between integrity and temptation, and weaves this chapter of history into an adventure of suspense and inspiration, with a caveat for future generations.
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260 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 13, 2007

Reviews

[Joie Seldon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved reading this book, the first I've read about a German gentile family in WWII who were adamantly opposed to Hitler. It is a perspective I have not been exposed to before. Written as a novel, it is the story of the author's family. I met Ros McIntosh at a book club event and was so impressed with her that I wanted to read the book. It is well written. I was inspired by the courage of the family and the impressive emotional intelligence of the mother in often harrowing circumstances.