‘Kiel, Northern Germany, 1933. A naval city, the base for the German Baltic
fleet, and the centre for German sailing, the venue for the upcoming Olympic
regatta in 1936.
The Kästners, a prominent Military family, are part of the fabric of the
city, and its social, naval and yachting circles. The Nussbaums are the
second generation of their family to be in service with the Kästners as
domestic staff, but the two households have a closer bond than most.
As Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party claw their way to power in
1933, life has never looked better for families like the Kästners. There is
only one problem.
The Nussbaums are Jews.
The Sturmtaucher Trilogy documents the devastating effect on both families
of the Nazis’ hateful ideology and the insidious erosion of the rights of
Germany's Jews.
When Germany descends ever deeper into dictatorship, General Erich Kästner
tries desperately to protect his employees, and to spirit them to safety.
As the country tears itself apart, the darkness which envelops a nation
threatens not only to destroy two families, but to plunge an entire
continent into war.’
fleet, and the centre for German sailing, the venue for the upcoming Olympic
regatta in 1936.
The Kästners, a prominent Military family, are part of the fabric of the
city, and its social, naval and yachting circles. The Nussbaums are the
second generation of their family to be in service with the Kästners as
domestic staff, but the two households have a closer bond than most.
As Adolf Hitler and his National Socialist Party claw their way to power in
1933, life has never looked better for families like the Kästners. There is
only one problem.
The Nussbaums are Jews.
The Sturmtaucher Trilogy documents the devastating effect on both families
of the Nazis’ hateful ideology and the insidious erosion of the rights of
Germany's Jews.
When Germany descends ever deeper into dictatorship, General Erich Kästner
tries desperately to protect his employees, and to spirit them to safety.
As the country tears itself apart, the darkness which envelops a nation
threatens not only to destroy two families, but to plunge an entire
continent into war.’
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About the Author:
the first two set in Glasgow, the third one based in London. He has now
switched genres, and his WW2 trilogy will be published from August to
December 2021. It is a Holocaust story set in Northern Germany.
He is married with four grown up children and four wonderful grandchildren.
He has recently retired as a mixed-practice vet in a small Scottish coastal
town in Ayrshire and is one of the coxswains on the local RNLI lifeboat. He
makes furniture in his spare time, and maintains and sails a 45-year-old
yacht, cruising in the Irish Sea and on the beautiful west coast of
Scotland. He loves reading, watching films and cooking. He still plays
football despite being just the wrong side of sixty.
His crime novels are not for the faint-hearted, with some strong language,
violence, and various degrees of sexual content. The first two books also
contain a fair smattering of Glasgow slang.
He is one of the few self-published authors to be given a panel at the
Bloody Scotland crime fiction festival in Stirling and has done two pop-up
book launches at previous festivals.
He has spent the last five years researching and writing the Sturmtaucher
Trilogy.
To find out more, please visit https://www.alanjonesbooks.co.
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