The Nazi Conspiracy, Brad Meltzer
The Nazi Conspiracy, Brad Meltzer
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The Nazi Conspiracy
The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

Bestseller

Author: Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch

Narrator: Scott Brick

Unabridged: 10 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/10/2023


Synopsis

"Scott Brick, with his rich baritone and impeccable pacing, delivers a commanding performance of a riveting, unconfirmed WWII incident."- AudioFile Magazine

From the New York Times bestselling authors of The First Conspiracy and The Lincoln Conspiracy comes the little-known true story of a Nazi plot to kill FDR, Joseph Stalin, and Winston Churchill at the height of World War II.

In 1943, as the war against Nazi Germany raged abroad, President Franklin Roosevelt had a critical goal: a face-to-face sit-down with his allies Joseph Stalin and Winston Churchill. This first-ever meeting of the Big Three in Tehran, Iran, would decide some of the most crucial strategic details of the war. Yet when the Nazis found out about the meeting, their own secret plan took shape—an assassination plot that would’ve changed history.

A true story filled with daring rescues, body doubles, and political intrigue, The Nazi Conspiracy details FDR’s pivotal meeting in Tehran and the deadly Nazi plot against the heads of state of the three major Allied powers who attended it.

With all the hallmarks of a Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch page-turner, The Nazi Conspiracy explores the great political minds of the twentieth century, investigating the pivotal years of the war in gripping detail. This meeting of the Big Three changed the course of World War II. Here’s the inside story of how it almost led to a world-shattering disaster.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

About Brad Meltzer

As a #1 New York Times bestselling author, Brad Meltzer has led a very full personal and professional life. He is one of those rare authors who have been quite successful in different genres of writing. He has had success in fiction, non-fiction, advice, and comics. It must be very satisfying to be so diversified as a writer. He graduated from Columbia Law School and was selected to the Columbia Law Review.

His works of fiction encompass: The Inner Circle, The Book of Fate, The Millionaires, The President's Shadow, and his latest, The Escape Artist. Non-Fiction: History Decoded, Advice (Heroes for My Son..... Heroes for My Daughter), Children's books: I Am Amelia Earhart and I Am Abraham Lincoln, and comics: Justice League of America.

Meltzer is host of Brad Meltzer's Last History on H2 and Brad Meltzer's Decoded on the History Channel. As if that is not enough, he was also responsible for helping find the missing 9/11 flag that was raised by the firefighters at Ground Zero. Using his tv show, he had a former Marine walk in to return the flag. It is now in the 9/11 Museum in New York City.

Meltzer is very attuned to his research, so that fictional books have elements of authenticity. He even had former President's Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush give him advice. He has also participated in Homeland Security round table discussions. There are very few, if any, American authors as diversified as Brad Meltzer.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan on February 09, 2023

I was pretty surprised to hear about this book (not exactly written by quacks) - given that like most people who are quite familiar with WWII history, I had never before heard of any potential Nazi assassination plot to take out the “Big Three” leaders of the Allied alliance (Roosevelt, Churchill, a......more

Goodreads review by Chris on February 10, 2023

I'm a fan of Brad Meltzer, but I've yet to read one of his nonfiction books with Josh Mensch until now. This book is about a plot by the Nazis to assassinate President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin when they met in Tehran to outline and......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 08, 2022

I received a digital ARC of this book from Flatiron Books and NetGalley in return for an honest review. If I had to pick one genre of book I've read more than any other, it's probably books about World War II, though those have by and large been works of fiction and have been focused on the Holocaust......more

Goodreads review by Caity on December 15, 2023

Highly readable and absorbing. I always love a non-fiction book that reads like fiction.......more

Goodreads review by Jim on September 17, 2024

I have read A LOT about the Second World War, 1939-1945 and for me this was not an outstanding book about the war. I read it for a book discussion group--and it was a fast read. I have not read any of Meltzer's thrillers but ths non-fiction book certainly read like one. Perhaps 75% of the book was......more


Quotes

"This is a riveting sub-plot in the middle of the greatest cataclysm in human history -- the Second World War. It's told with confidence and mastery and is what we all crave -- a page turner!" -Ken Burns

“History is full of fascinating twists and near twists—and Meltzer and Mensch are masters of the tales of such moments.” —Jon Meacham, author The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, and American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House

“Nazis, body-doubles and WWII like you’ve never seen it. Here’s the assassination plot that nearly changed history! Reads like a thriller, but it’s all true. One of the best books of the year. Read it now!”
- Brian Kilmeade, bestselling author of The President and the Freedom Fighter

"A colorful trek through a labyrinth of twists and turns that could have changed history." -Kirkus

"thrilling account....A fascinating and potentially controversial book." -Booklist

"WWII buffs will be enthralled." -Publishers Weekly