This is the WBZ Book Club. For those of you who love historical fiction, I highly recommend a book by Robert Harris called Munich. The action centers around the work of Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister, in his attempt to forge a peace agreement with Adolf Hitler in the late nineteen thirties to avoid another World War. History, of course, tells us that Hitler didn't abide by the agreement and
war broke out about a year later. But in this book Munich, it's a fascinating behind the scenes look at not just the negotiations, but the motivations behind the leaders involved Neville Chamberlain for the British, the Ladier for the French,
the fascist Mussolini from Italy, and of course Hitler. The subplot, which is fictional, involves the relationship between two young men, one a German citizen and diplomat, the other a brit a close secretary to Chamberlain, with the young German Paul Hartmann, holding onto a document that would reveal Hitler's true ambitions to take over Europe. Question is can he work with his old friend and counterpart to pass the information to Chamberlain before it's too late. I learned a lot on
this suspenseful ride. Munich by Robert Harris, The Book Club WBZ, Boston's news radio