"'Reads like a thriller . Written in a pacey, suspenseful present tense, it's biography with a pulse . a superb, sure-footed work of historical detection conceived with a powerful intelligence' - Sunday Times 'A beautifully rich portrait of a very brave woman. While never less than scrupulously researched, this biography explodes the genre of ""biography"": experimental but achieved, Donner's story reads with the speed of a thriller, the depth of a novel and the urgency of an essay, like some deeply compelling blend of Alan Furst and W.G. Sebald' - JAMES WOOD 'Astonishing . wilder and more expansive than a standard-issue biography . a real-life thriller with a cruel ending' - New York Times 'Written in a fizzing present tense, the book in places reads like a spy novel .

Donner writes in beautiful, crisp prose (like her great-great-aunt, as quotes from Mildred's letters reveal) . The result is a work that transports us to a period now slipping from living memory but that contains vital lessons for our own time' - Herald 'A tour de force of investigation . gripping' - Economist 'A thrilling and inspiring book. It is a treasure trove for lovers of biography, new writing and the history of the Third Reich' - Scotsman".