{"product_id":"9781915494450","title":"Song of Buchenwald : A novel about the great Austrian composer Franz Lehar and Adolf Hitler by James Walker","description":"In 1905, a sixteen-year-old Austrian boy falls in love with the music of his compatriot Franz Leh?r when he attends the premiere of Leh?r's operetta `The Merry Widow'. The boy dreams of becoming an artist in Vienna, has no great interest in politics and shows no signs of anti-Semitism.   His name is Adolf Hitler.   Inspired by real events, `Song of Buchenwald' vividly portrays Hitler's transformation into a murderous, racist fanatic, and Vienna's degeneration into a hotbed of extremism and hate, where Leh?r's Jewish wife Sophie and his Jewish colleagues - including the great librettist Fritz L?hner-Beda - find themselves in grave and constant danger.   Yet one fact remains unchanged: Hitler is still a great admirer of Leh?r's music. Can Leh?r use this to persuade Hitler to spare Sophie a\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308910981493,"sku":"9781915494450","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781915494450.jpg?v=1762809662","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781915494450","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}