num_pages: 464
description: It is 1943 and Swedens neutrality in the war is under pressure. Laura Dahlgren the bright young right hand of Swedens chief negotiator to Germany is privy to these tensions even as she tries to keep her head down in the mounting fray. When Lauras best friend Britta is found murdered however she is determined to find the killer.Prior to her death Britta sent a report on the racial profiling in Scandinavia to Jens Regnell private secretary to the Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs. In the middle of negotiating a delicate alliance with Hitler and the Nazis Jens does not understand why he has received the report. When the pursuit of Brittas murderer leads Laura to his door the two join forces to ascertain the truth.But as Jens and Laura attempt to untangle the mysterious circumstance surrounding Brittas death they only become more mired in a web of lies and deceit. This trail will lead to a conspiracy that could topple their nations identitya conspiracy some in Sweden will try to keep hidden at any cost.
language: English
title: The Historians
publisher: Harper Perennial