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Munich: A novel Review: Drama behind the Events at the 1938 Munich Conference - There are few authors as adept as Robert Harris in writing excellent historical fiction. This is true whether he is writing about ancient Rome, the contemporary Vatican, or as here, Hitler's Germany. In large measure this is true for two reasons: first, he does extensive research so that every page sparkles with authenticity; second, he is just a remarkable storyteller. His great talents are well on display in this novel set during the 1938 Munich big four talks where Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is remembered for declaring "peace in our time" had emerged. Harris faces particular challenges in setting his story with the Munich conference as the background. Munich has been studied and dissected by so many historians, that it is very well known in its most minute details. Harris is so able to fit his fictional story into this framework that it is often difficult to know what is history and what is fictional--one mark of superior historical fiction. The key characters, one a young British diplomat (Hugh Legat), the other his German counterpart, were friends years before while at Oxford. Each is fluent in both English and German. Harris takes us into his reconstruction of meetings within Chamberlain's advisers as war appears likely, as he does for strategy sessions within Hitler's inner circle. The German,Paul von Hartmann, apparently is a member of the dissident group that will eventually try to kill Hitler in 1944. He has sent a highly incriminating document of Hitler's plans for Europe to Legat, so he may show it to the PM before any decisions are made at the conference. Legat is too junior to justify a meeting with the PM; but he is added to the team going to Munich. Hartmann himself set to attend the conference plans to hook up with Legat and get the document to Chamberlain. Their efforts to accomplish this goal right in the middle on tight German security adds a note of suspense and tension. Harris keeps all the events going on well structured so the reader does not get lost in the flurry. I will not spoil the story by recounting what the PM does when he finally reads the document. Harris creates a last-minute private meeting between Hitler and Chamberlain just before the PM flies back to London. I don't know if such a meeting in fact did occur. But in the novel, Hitler and the PM sigh off on the famous document that Chamberlain displays on his return that he asserts creates "peace in our time," which of course soon became obvious that it did nothing of the kind, leading to Chamberlain's fall and the installation of Churchill as PM. One interesting aspect of the novel is that Harris treats Chamberlain with kid gloves--he is always polite and a more skillful writer than history suggests. While the book is no "page turner" which the reader cannot stop reading until the conclusion, it is pretty suspenseful at points and holds the reader's interest throughout its 303 pages. Frequently, historical fiction writers have "afterwords" where they explain what was true and what is part of their story. That is not the case here and I think it would have been helpful. Harris in his acknowledgements lists the books he relied upon, which attest to his extensive research. He also wrote a non-fiction book about Hitler and worked on a 1988 documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Munich. So he is well versed in this topic and it shows. A fine novel that also allows the reader to learn a bit of history about one of the most important developments in the 20th century. Review: Imagining a Historic Meeting - Robert Harris’s novel focuses on an actual historic event, the September 1938 meeting between British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Germany’s Adolf Hitler. The fictional part comes in when we meet two men who are opposites: Hugh Legat, a British Foreign Service officer, and Paul von Hartmann, a third secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin. Legat and Hartmann were students at Oxford in the early 1930s, both speak English and German, and manage to secure a billet within their respective legations that will meet in Munich. Hartmann is involved with a group of German patriots who believe that Hitler must be destroyed before he unleashes a horrible war in Europe. Hitler is intent on securing “breathing room” for German citizens in the Sudetenland region even if it takes a little combat. Hartmann has a secret document which outlines Hitler’s plans for war and manages to smuggle it to Legat so that he can alert his PM on the Fuhrer’s treachery. Both Legat and Hartmann are under intense scrutiny by security forces and find it difficult to get much accomplished. History has judged Chamberlain to be a weak and ineffective leader but Harris is more sympathetic to the PM’s character. As the novel moves ahead, Chamberlain is clearly not deceived by Hitler’s pledges of peace but wants to delay Germany’s actions as long as possible so that Britain can take necessary rearmament steps. By contrast, Hitler is described as an ill-tempered and nondescript figure with a bad case of body odor, or resembles a night watchman who disappears in the morning as soon as the day shift arrived It’s an excellent read with a moral that is still valid for our time: immediately stand up to aggression before it can move on to a full scale war. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #623,544 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,083 in Historical Thrillers (Books) #1,121 in War Fiction (Books) #1,231 in Political Thrillers (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (21,762) | | Dimensions | 6.61 x 1.14 x 9.53 inches | | Edition | First Edition | | ISBN-10 | 0525520260 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0525520269 | | Item Weight | 1.3 pounds | | Language | English | | Print length | 320 pages | | Publication date | January 16, 2018 | | Publisher | Knopf | ## Images ![Munich: A novel - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81yxdFU-Q+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Drama behind the Events at the 1938 Munich Conference *by R***K on January 19, 2018* There are few authors as adept as Robert Harris in writing excellent historical fiction. This is true whether he is writing about ancient Rome, the contemporary Vatican, or as here, Hitler's Germany. In large measure this is true for two reasons: first, he does extensive research so that every page sparkles with authenticity; second, he is just a remarkable storyteller. His great talents are well on display in this novel set during the 1938 Munich big four talks where Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain is remembered for declaring "peace in our time" had emerged. Harris faces particular challenges in setting his story with the Munich conference as the background. Munich has been studied and dissected by so many historians, that it is very well known in its most minute details. Harris is so able to fit his fictional story into this framework that it is often difficult to know what is history and what is fictional--one mark of superior historical fiction. The key characters, one a young British diplomat (Hugh Legat), the other his German counterpart, were friends years before while at Oxford. Each is fluent in both English and German. Harris takes us into his reconstruction of meetings within Chamberlain's advisers as war appears likely, as he does for strategy sessions within Hitler's inner circle. The German,Paul von Hartmann, apparently is a member of the dissident group that will eventually try to kill Hitler in 1944. He has sent a highly incriminating document of Hitler's plans for Europe to Legat, so he may show it to the PM before any decisions are made at the conference. Legat is too junior to justify a meeting with the PM; but he is added to the team going to Munich. Hartmann himself set to attend the conference plans to hook up with Legat and get the document to Chamberlain. Their efforts to accomplish this goal right in the middle on tight German security adds a note of suspense and tension. Harris keeps all the events going on well structured so the reader does not get lost in the flurry. I will not spoil the story by recounting what the PM does when he finally reads the document. Harris creates a last-minute private meeting between Hitler and Chamberlain just before the PM flies back to London. I don't know if such a meeting in fact did occur. But in the novel, Hitler and the PM sigh off on the famous document that Chamberlain displays on his return that he asserts creates "peace in our time," which of course soon became obvious that it did nothing of the kind, leading to Chamberlain's fall and the installation of Churchill as PM. One interesting aspect of the novel is that Harris treats Chamberlain with kid gloves--he is always polite and a more skillful writer than history suggests. While the book is no "page turner" which the reader cannot stop reading until the conclusion, it is pretty suspenseful at points and holds the reader's interest throughout its 303 pages. Frequently, historical fiction writers have "afterwords" where they explain what was true and what is part of their story. That is not the case here and I think it would have been helpful. Harris in his acknowledgements lists the books he relied upon, which attest to his extensive research. He also wrote a non-fiction book about Hitler and worked on a 1988 documentary commemorating the 50th anniversary of Munich. So he is well versed in this topic and it shows. A fine novel that also allows the reader to learn a bit of history about one of the most important developments in the 20th century. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Imagining a Historic Meeting *by R***S on February 10, 2018* Robert Harris’s novel focuses on an actual historic event, the September 1938 meeting between British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Germany’s Adolf Hitler. The fictional part comes in when we meet two men who are opposites: Hugh Legat, a British Foreign Service officer, and Paul von Hartmann, a third secretary at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin. Legat and Hartmann were students at Oxford in the early 1930s, both speak English and German, and manage to secure a billet within their respective legations that will meet in Munich. Hartmann is involved with a group of German patriots who believe that Hitler must be destroyed before he unleashes a horrible war in Europe. Hitler is intent on securing “breathing room” for German citizens in the Sudetenland region even if it takes a little combat. Hartmann has a secret document which outlines Hitler’s plans for war and manages to smuggle it to Legat so that he can alert his PM on the Fuhrer’s treachery. Both Legat and Hartmann are under intense scrutiny by security forces and find it difficult to get much accomplished. History has judged Chamberlain to be a weak and ineffective leader but Harris is more sympathetic to the PM’s character. As the novel moves ahead, Chamberlain is clearly not deceived by Hitler’s pledges of peace but wants to delay Germany’s actions as long as possible so that Britain can take necessary rearmament steps. By contrast, Hitler is described as an ill-tempered and nondescript figure with a bad case of body odor, or resembles a night watchman who disappears in the morning as soon as the day shift arrived It’s an excellent read with a moral that is still valid for our time: immediately stand up to aggression before it can move on to a full scale war. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Historically Grounded View of 'Peace In Our Time' *by J***H on September 25, 2018* Five stars for research, pacing, characterization and for interest in an event that has been interpreted in various ways by various interests. There are fine vicarious moments: inside the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street during Neville Chamberlain's Prime Ministership; inside the Führerbau in Berlin, a ride on the Fuhrer's special train, speeding through the night on the way to the Munich Conference to deal with Czechoslovakia. It has only been in recent years that Chamberlain has begun to regain the respect that the hopeful had when he returned from Munich. The same can be said for the (in my time, forgotten) way in which Czechoslovakia had been cobbled together from the ruins of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WWI. Yes, this novel was entertaining...BUT even more, I feel I now understand important nuances about the run-up to World War II and to British preparations for the outbreak of war. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pl/products/55625189-munich-a-novel](https://www.desertcart.pl/products/55625189-munich-a-novel) --- *Product available on Desertcart Poland* *Store origin: PL* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*