In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin Free Audiobook Download by Erik Larson

"Ahead of the war, America's Lost Generation, as they were called, had all kinds of reasons to be pessimistic. They saw the Soviet Union making its pitch for world revolution and felt the first tremors in Europe. Then came Hitler, who made a great show of his anti-Semitism. America's sense of isolation was reinforced when Franklin Roosevelt refused Churchill's plea for help with British troops stranded in France during the summer of 1940."

The author, Erik Larson, captures the brutality and intrigue of Hitler's rise to power in a way that only someone with experience can. Larson interweaves the story of Bill and Frances Perkins with the history of Germany during World War II in a way that makes this book both thrilling and emotionally charged.

This is one of the best books I've ever read. Erik Larson's narrative sweeps you through history in a way that makes it feel like a movie. He manages to make what could have been dry and boring an enthralling experience that sucks you into the city of Berlin, Germany, in the early 1930s where they are living. The narrator does a phenomenal job bringing Erik Larson's text to life and giving his own added dimension to the book.

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin narrated by Stephen Hoye is one part history lesson, one part novel, and one part riveting family story. The book focuses on the life of American Ambassador to Germany William E. Dodd and his family during their time living in Nazi Germany in the 1930s. In a time when America's foreign policy was focused on keeping democracy intact in Europe and not yet learned about the impact that Hitler would have on their world, this is an important book for anyone interested in learning more about German history or simply historical fiction.

Erik Larson's compelling biography of William E. Dodd, the American ambassador to Germany during the 1930s, provides a glimpse into the terrors of 1933 and 1934 in Berlin. With unforgettable characters such as Ernst "Putzi" Hanfstaengl and Adolf Hitler, this is an epic novel that captures the last days of a continent-wide calamity.

In his new book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, historian Erik Larson tells the story of William E. Dodd Jr., America's first ambassador to Nazi Germany.