The Resource The taster, V.S. Alexander
The taster, V.S. Alexander
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Resource Information
The item The taster, V.S. Alexander represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 6 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Amid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the source of danger than she ever imagined--one that will propel her through the extremes of privilege and terror under Hitler's dictatorship. In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty--working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. After an interview with the civil service, Magda is assigned to the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat. Only after weeks of training does she learn her assignment: she will be one of several young women tasting the Führer's food, offering herself in sacrifice to keep him from being poisoned. Perched high in the Bavarian Alps, the Berghof seems worlds away from the realities of battle. Though terrified at first, Magda gradually becomes used to her dangerous occupation--though she knows better than to voice her misgivings about the war. But her love for a conspirator within the SS and her growing awareness of the Reich's atrocities draw Magda into a plot that will test her wits and loyalty in a quest for safety, freedom, and, ultimately, vengeance
- Language
- eng
- Label
- The taster
- Title
- The taster
- Statement of responsibility
- V.S. Alexander
- Title variation
- Her hidden life
- Subject
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- trueYoung women
- trueSoldiers
- trueUndercover operations
- War fiction
- War fiction
- World War (1939-1945)
- trueWorld War II
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Fiction
- Young women
- Young women -- Fiction
- 1939-1945
- Anti-Nazi movement
- trueAnti-Nazi movement
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Fiction
- trueBavaria
- Berghof (Obersalzberg, Germany)
- Berghof (Obersalzberg, Germany) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueForts
- trueGermany
- Germany
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueLoyalty
- Nazis
- trueNazis
- Nazis -- Fiction
- Poisoning
- Poisoning -- Fiction
- truePoisons
- truePolitical intrigue
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Amid the turbulence of World War II, a young German woman finds a precarious haven closer to the source of danger than she ever imagined--one that will propel her through the extremes of privilege and terror under Hitler's dictatorship. In early 1943, Magda Ritter's parents send her to relatives in Bavaria, hoping to keep her safe from the Allied bombs strafing Berlin. Young German women are expected to do their duty--working for the Reich or marrying to produce strong, healthy children. After an interview with the civil service, Magda is assigned to the Berghof, Hitler's mountain retreat. Only after weeks of training does she learn her assignment: she will be one of several young women tasting the Führer's food, offering herself in sacrifice to keep him from being poisoned. Perched high in the Bavarian Alps, the Berghof seems worlds away from the realities of battle. Though terrified at first, Magda gradually becomes used to her dangerous occupation--though she knows better than to voice her misgivings about the war. But her love for a conspirator within the SS and her growing awareness of the Reich's atrocities draw Magda into a plot that will test her wits and loyalty in a quest for safety, freedom, and, ultimately, vengeance
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10620515
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, V. S
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hitler, Adolf
- Hitler, Adolf
- Berghof (Obersalzberg, Germany)
- Berghof (Obersalzberg, Germany)
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945
- Anti-Nazi movement
- Nazis
- Young women
- Poisoning
- Anti-Nazi movement
- Nazis
- Poisoning
- Young women
- Germany
- Label
- The taster, V.S. Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and discussion questions
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1912756
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781496712271
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781496712271
- (OCoLC)986911708
- Label
- The taster, V.S. Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and discussion questions
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1912756
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 320 pages
- Isbn
- 9781496712271
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9781496712271
- (OCoLC)986911708
Subject
- trueYoung women
- trueSoldiers
- trueUndercover operations
- War fiction
- War fiction
- World War (1939-1945)
- trueWorld War II
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany -- Fiction
- Young women
- Young women -- Fiction
- 1939-1945
- Anti-Nazi movement
- trueAnti-Nazi movement
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany
- Anti-Nazi movement -- Germany -- Fiction
- trueBavaria
- Berghof (Obersalzberg, Germany)
- Berghof (Obersalzberg, Germany) -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueForts
- trueGermany
- Germany
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945 -- Fiction
- trueHousehold employees
- trueLoyalty
- Nazis
- trueNazis
- Nazis -- Fiction
- Poisoning
- Poisoning -- Fiction
- truePoisons
- truePolitical intrigue
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