The Secret Purposes

A Novel

Paperback, 408 pages

English language

Published Aug. 15, 2006 by Harper Perennial.

ISBN:
978-0-06-076583-5
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4 stars

Isaac Fabien, escapes persecution in Konigsberg, but after a brief time in Cambridge is interred in the Isle of Man. Here he meets June Murray a Minsistry of Information translator who is determined to find evidence of Nazi atrocities against the Jews.

A very readable story about love, loyalty and coping under terrible strain. The underlying theme is truth - how is it discovered, interpreted and communicated, on both a personal and political level.

Subjects

  • Literary
  • English Historical Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Historical
  • Historical - General
  • Fiction / General
  • Fiction - General
  • General