{"product_id":"shadows-of-fire-joan-quesada-9781496168948","title":"Shadows of fire: Romance and the Greatest 20th Century Plot","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorld War II didn't start in 1941, as many Americans wrongly believe, or even in 1939, when the war officially broke out. The philosophic seeds that eventually provoked the war were planted much earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEven in the early 1930s, Samuel Klein could see the impending danger the Nazi philosophy held for the Jews. To secure his freedom-and his life-Samuel fled Germany and joined MI6 to fight fascism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA compelling work of historical fiction that follows the Klein family from the 1930s through the 1960s, \u003ci\u003eShadows of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating view of the ideological madness that overran Europe and led to WWII, as well as insight into the philosophies and medical advancements that occurred during the decades following the war.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIlluminating the political intricacies of the Spanish Civil War and WWII, and narrating the first organ transplants in Spain and France during the 1960s, the story expertly weaves historic figures such as Freud, Josep Rovira, Jaume Alsina, Jacques Derrida, and Jean Dupuy into the lives of the fictional Klein family.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA story of family, romance, and human failings as well as human achievements, \u003ci\u003eShadows of Fire\u003c\/i\u003e sheds a new light on twentieth-century history that you won't soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Quesada,Jeroni Alsina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496168941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496168948\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.71d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Joan Quesada","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458906632447,"sku":"9781496168948","price":12.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e87a3ffe-ab71-483c-97cf-dc63ad70cc1c.jpg?v=1777407307","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shadows-of-fire-joan-quesada-9781496168948","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}