The saga of a German family from the aristocracy, whose members were involved in the conspiracy to kill Hitler. World War II and the anti-Nazi martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer play major roles in this tale. This book won the MInnesota Book Award as Best Biography and the Midwest Independent Publishers Award as Best Book Overall.
A fascinating insight into the relationship between the von Kleists, Bismarck, and Bonhoeffer families and how each would have a role to play in the July 20, 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler.