With much new material on the betrayal of the Frank family and their attempts to leave for the US, this updated edition is now the definitive biography of Anne Frank
Melissa Müller is an Austrian-born journalist and author, whose other books include A Garden of Eden in Hell: The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer, written with Reinhard Piechocki, and Until the Final Hour, which describes Traudl Junge’s life and her experiences as Hitler’s last private secretary, and was a major source for the movie Downfall. Her original edition of Anne Frank: The Biography, informed the Emmy Award-winning adaptation, Anne Frank.
Definitive
*Choice Magazine*
Sensitive, serious and scrupulous
*Sunday Telegraph on Anne Frank: A Biography
(first edition)*
A well-written account, with a strong narrative and a seamless
meshing of biographical and historical detail
*Times Educational Supplement*
The style of the book builds the tension and colours in an almost
cinematic way, in particular evoking Anne’s physical presence, from
girlish selfishness through the frustrations of puberty to a
deepening spirituality, so the sense of what was list with this one
life is acute ... Required reading for anyone who insists on
believing that, in the face of facts, life could indeed be
beautiful
*Irish Independent*
Valuable ... Places the Frank story on a broader historical canvas
... Charting anti-Semitic persecution in Holland and comparing the
Franks’ experience with that of other Dutch Jews at the time
*Independent on Sunday*
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