The Dictator’s Muse
- Author Nigel Farndale
- Narrator Rachel Bavidge
- Publisher Transworld
- Publish Date 24 June 2021
- Run Time 11 hours and 21 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Historical fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction.
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What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
From the bestselling author of The Blasphemer, shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and a Richard & Judy Bookclub Pick
It is the early 1930s, and Europe is holding its breath. As Hitler's grip on power tightens, preparations are being made for the Berlin Olympics.
Leni Riefenstahl is the pioneering, sexually-liberated star film-maker of the Third Reich. She has been chosen by Hitler to capture the Olympics on celluloid but is about to find that even his closest friends have much to fear. Kim Newlands is the English athlete 'sponsored' by the Blackshirts and devoted to his mercurial, socialite girlfriend Connie. He is driven by a desire to win an Olympic gold but to do that he must first pretend to be someone he is not. Alun Pryce is the Welsh communist sent to infiltrate the Blackshirts. When he befriends Kim and Connie, his belief that the end justifies the means will be tested to the core.
Through her camera lens and memoirs, Leni is able to manipulate the truth about what happens when their fates collide at the Olympics. But while some scenes from her life end up on the cutting room floor, this does not mean they are lost forever...
PRAISE FOR THE BLASPHEMER:
'A great achievement...remarkable.' Melvyn Bragg
'A book that won't leave your fingernails intact' Daily Mail
'A fine novel...unforgettable.' The Times
'Beautiful...exhilarating.' Sunday Telegraph
'A constantly engaging and witty novel from a tremendously clever writer.' Telegraph
© Nigel Farndale 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
[A] riveting novel… a fast-paced, brilliantly constructed thriller, in which the fates of the three young British protagonists hang in the balance at the end of every chapter. The period detail is as sharply focussed as one of Riefenstahl’s own films.
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