This book is about Mildred Harnack, nee Fish, who was born in Wisconsin in 1902. She and her husband moved to Germany in 1929, where she began her career as an academic. She had a Bachelor's degree in Humanities and a Masters degree in English. She taught literary courses, and was known to be a very interesting and capable lecturer. She witnessed the Nazi rise to power and all of the shenanagins that ensued. She worked closely with some people in the Nazi Party, all the while being the beating heart of a major underground resistance movement. I won't spoil the story, but it was really very dramatic and interesting. I had never heard about this woman, or this particular resistance group until reading this book. I actually only picked this book up because it was a World War II book that I did not yet own, and I am very pleased that I did. It contained a lot of information that I was previously unaware of, or not very well versed in.

I bought this book on Audible quite a while back. I know I say this a lot, but I wish that I would have gotten to it sooner. I have a terrible problem with mass buying books and then taking months (or years) to get to them. It is a habit that I am trying to stop, thus reading my backlog and not buying as much this year. The Audible version was pleasant to listen to, I had no issues with the narrator. If you prefer a physical copy, the writing and research are both well up to par. The book met my expectations for education and entertainment, and I would recommend this if you are interested in World War II, or just women in war in general.