*Longlisted for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026*
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake comes a gripping true story of murder, war and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence
'I absolutely devoured The Einstein Vendetta' EDMUND DE WAAL
'Thomas Harding is a researcher of the first rank' DAILY EXPRESS
'Harding evokes time and place beautifully, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning' SPECTATOR
'The Einstein Vendetta will tug at your heartstrings and prompt righteous outrage' TELEGRAPH
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TUSCANY, 1944. German soldiers arrive at a villa on the outskirts of Florence to interrogate the cousin of the world's most famous scientist. Hours later, innocent civilians are dead and the troops have vanished.
Weaving together first-hand testimony, unpublished material and original interviews, Thomas Harding tells a dramatic story of vengeance - and of one family's personal torment - as Nazi forces made a last brutal stand ahead of impending Allied liberation.
| ISBN: | 9781405958462 |
| Publication date: | 23rd April 2026 |
| Author: | Thomas Harding |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Genres: |
The Holocaust Second World War True crime European history |
*Longlisted for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026*
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf and The House by the Lake comes a gripping true story of murder, war and injustice in Nazi-occupied Florence
'I absolutely devoured The Einstein Vendetta' EDMUND DE WAAL
'Thomas Harding is a researcher of the first rank' DAILY EXPRESS
'Harding evokes time and place beautifully, while paying forensic attention to detail. The result is a slow burn of cliff-hangers to keep the pages turning' SPECTATOR
'The Einstein Vendetta will tug at your heartstrings and prompt righteous outrage' TELEGRAPH
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TUSCANY, 1944. German soldiers arrive at a villa on the outskirts of Florence to interrogate the cousin of the world's most famous scientist. Hours later, innocent civilians are dead and the troops have vanished.
Weaving together first-hand testimony, unpublished material and original interviews, Thomas Harding tells a dramatic story of vengeance - and of one family's personal torment - as Nazi forces made a last brutal stand ahead of impending Allied liberation.
The Einstein Vendetta features in the following genres: The Holocaust, Second World War, True crime, European history
The Einstein Vendetta is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Einstein Vendetta was written by Thomas Harding and published by Penguin Books an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
The Einstein Vendetta has 400 pages
£9.89