Munich (novel)

Munich
First edition cover (publ. Hutchinson)
AuthorRobert Harris
Genre
PublisherHutchinson
Publication date
2017
ISBN978-0-091-95919-7

Munich is a 2017 historical novel by English writer Robert Harris.[1] The novel is set in September 1938 over four days in the context of the Munich Agreement.[2] The two main characters, both fictional, are Hugh Legat, private secretary to Neville Chamberlain, and Paul Hartmann, a German junior diplomat and member of an anti-Hitler group. Legat and Hartmann are friends from their student days at Balliol College, Oxford University.[1] On 21 September 2017, an article in the Evening Standard asserted that the Paul Hartmann character was based on Adam von Trott zu Solz.[3] Hartmann, like von Trott zu Solz, is executed by hanging as a member of an anti-Nazi conspiracy during World War II. His fictional counterpart Legat dies many years later as an honoured civil servant.[4]

Film adaptation

Main article: Munich – The Edge of War

Munich was made into a 2021 German/British drama film for Netflix.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Quinn, Anthony (15 September 2017). "Munich by Robert Harris review – can two old friends stop Hitler and avert disaster?". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. ^ McClurg, Jocelyn (23 January 2018). "Neville Chamberlain, Hitler face off in taut thriller 'Munich'". USA Today. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  3. ^ Sexton, David (21 September 2017). "Munich by Robert Harris - review". Evening Standard. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. ^ Harris, Robert (2017). Munich. pp. 333, 336. ISBN 978-1-473-51969-5.
  5. ^ Roxy Simons and Molli Mitchell (12 January 2022). "Robert Harris and Christian Schwochow on the True Story Behind 'Munich—The Edge of War'". Newsweek. Retrieved 28 January 2022.