The Mortal Storm
By: by Phyllis Bottome
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 1938
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 435
Description: Little known, long forgotten book that inspired an early Hollywood anti-Nazi film of the same title by MGM, 1940. The book is a little more forth right about Communism and also the strong effect of Christianity on many people who tried to resist the Nazi juggernaut. Not at all preachy, but a serious attempt to portray a fleeting historical moment.
Notes: The cover is not for original 435 page novel, but for a less expensive Penguin publication one year later. The cover (and the story itself) explain the hurried urgency of the printing and publication.