Kati Marton is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including True Believer: Stalin's American Spy and Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. An award-winning former NPR correspondent and ABC News Bureau Chief in Germany, she now lives in New York City.
‘[Marton] has recruited a formidable cast of talking heads … and
obtained a remarkable degree of access to the chancellor’s inner
circle’
The Times ‘One of the best and most readable text books we have
about this “indispensable European” … a fascinating portrait of a
powerful woman’
Literary Review ‘A masterpiece of discernment and insight’
New York Times ‘A riveting story, adroitly told, full of engrossing
anecdotes and rich details’
Los Angeles Review of Books ‘This is the best English-language
biography of her rise from a tough and traditional family, through
her career as a physical chemist in communist East Germany, to her
current renown’ Foreign Affairs ‘It’s instructive to spend time in
Merkel’s competent and humane company … [Marton] has doggedly
retraced Merkel’s trail, and the story she brings is a good
one’
New York Times ‘Fascinating. For anyone who thinks they know a lot
about Angela Merkel; for anyone who knows nothing about Angela
Merkel – pick up this book and do not put it down until the very
last page’
New York Journal of Books ‘With her signature superpowers of
rigorous research and unparalleled empathy, Marton brings us deep
into the private sphere of Angela Merkel’
Eliza Griswold ‘A compelling and memorable portrait … Angela
Merkel’s life is a testament to the power of commitment, diligence,
and the possibilities of politics … Tells that story with insight
and grace’
JON MEACHAM ‘An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily
private leader, who, in her quiet and determined way, made Germany
the economic and moral leader of Europe’
WALTER ISAACSON ‘It’s a thrilling tale, skillfully told, and a
reminder of the role of fate and timing in leadership’
JONATHAN ALTER ‘Definitive and brilliantly written, I discovered
again in reading it how astonishing Merkel’s life and career have
been – and how eventful the period’
VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF
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