Overture of Hope av Isabel Vincent

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<B><i>Schindler's List</i> meets <i>The Sound of Music</i> as best-selling <i>New York Post</i> investigative journalist Isabel Vincent delves into pre-World-War-II history to recover the amazing story of two British spinsters who masterminded a plan to spirit dozens of Jewish stars and personnel of the German and Austrian opera to England and save them from a terrible fate under the Third Reich. Will resonate with readers of <i>The Nazi Officer's Wife</i><i> </i>and <i>The Dressmakers of Auschwitz</i>.</B><BR><BR><B>A Secret Aria of Courage and Suspense</B><BR><BR> Europe, 1937. Two British sisters, one a dowdy typist, the other a soon-to-be famous romance novelist. One shared passion for opera. With prospects for marriage and families of their own cut down by the scythe of World War I, the Cook sisters have thrown themselves into their love of music, with frequent pilgrimages to Germany and Austria to see their favorite opera star