Not much of a novel. More of a historical narration.
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Intressant och lättillgänglig historiebeskrivning. Skrämmande hur mycket som upprepar sig hundra år senare i nazismens spår. Helt klart en ok del i serien om det stora århundradet. ( )

treci dio o 4 brata pred pocetak 2.s.rata,prica sad prati i njihove potomke i kako se svi skupa bore da zadrze svoje bogatstvo u Njemackoj. ( )

And another good book in the series about Lauritz, Oscar, Sverre and their family. Although, the book really is not very much about their family, as well as a chronicle about the years between WWI and WWII.
The naivety of the people, the role heritage, descendance plays in the way people see the world and pick their sides. Very well written.
It felt to me like I was standing in the middle of all historical events and when I (tried) to put aside my hindsight knowledge, it was very refreshing to realize that to see the bigger picture was not possible for all people living in those times. ( )

This instalment follows the brothers in their attempt to establish and keep a German business going alongside the Swedish ones, taking them through the upheavals of the 1920s and 1930s Germany. ( )