Philip Sington

The author of a two-decades-old, but world-famous, novel in the last days of Communist East Germany is asked to appraise a mysterious manuscript that has dangerous political overtones, putting himself and his young lover in danger

The Valley of Unknowing

Thirty years after his death, private correspondence between Albert Einstein and his first wife, the Serbian mathematician Mileva Maric, was opened to public scrutiny for the first time. It revealed glimpses of a tragedy at the heart of their troubled marriage: a secret they went to extraordinary lengths to keep hidden from the world, and which, in spite of their divorce, they carried to the grave. Two months before Adolf Hitler's rise to power, a beautiful young woman is found half naked and near death in the woods outside Berlin. When she finally emerges from a coma, she can remember nothing, not even her own name. The only clue to her identity is a handbill found nearby, advertising a public lecture by Albert Einstein: 'On the Present State of Quantum Theory'. Psychiatrist Martin Kirsch little knows that this will be his last case. Searching for the truth about his celebrated patient, he finds professional fascination turning to love. His investigations lead him to a remote corner of Serbia via a psychiatric hospital in Z rich, where the inheritor of Einstein's genius u his youngest son, Eduard u is writing a book that will destroy his illustrious father and, in the process, change the world. Intricately researched and relentlessly compelling, The Einstein Girl is a mystery about love and the lust for knowledge; a dark journey into the psychological hinterland of the twentieth century's greatest mind, culminating in an astonishing quantum twist. www.philipsington.com

The Einstein Girl

At the heart of truth lies madness... Two months before Hitler's rise to power, a beautiful young woman is found naked and near death in the woods outside Berlin. When she finally wakes from her coma, she can remember nothing, not even her name. The only clue to her identity is a handbill found nearby, advertising a public lecture by Albert Einstein: 'On the Present State of Quantum Theory'. Psychiatrist Martin Kirsch takes the case, little suspecting that this will be his last. As he searches for the truth about 'the Einstien Girl', professional fascination turns to reckless love. His investigations lead him to a remote corner of Siberia via a psychiatric hospital in Zurich. There the inheritor of Einstein's genius - his youngest son, Eduard - is writing a book that will destroy his illustrious father and, in the process, change the world.

A tale based on the life of the Romanov court artist, Madame Zoia, finds down-on-his-luck art dealer Marcus Elliot overseeing the sale of the enigmatic late artist's works and uncovering facts about her dramatic private life, from her escape from Bolshevik torturers to her relationships with a series of devoted men. 35,000 first printing.

A Novel

Zoia's Gold

Момичето Айнщайн

In the twilight years of Communist East Germany, Bruno Krug, a womanising 'People’s Champion of Art and Culture' who once penned a world-famous novel, falls for Theresa Aden, a music student from the West. But Theresa has also caught the eye of a cocky young scriptwriter who delights in satirising Bruno’s more recent, tamer offerings. Asked to appraise a mysterious manuscript, Bruno is disconcerted to find that the author is none other than his rival. Worse than that the book is good - very good - but also subtly subversive. If his pursuit of Theresa is to end in triumph, Bruno decides he must employ a small deception. However, in the paranoid labyrinth of a police state, knowing the deceiver from the deceived, the betrayer from the betrayed isn’t just difficult – it’s a matter of life and death.

Krátce před nástupem Adolfa Hitlera k moci najdou dva chlapci v lese za Berlínem nahou, zřejmě umírající dívku. Poté, co se probere z bezvědomí, mladá žena neví, kdo je, trpí ztrátou paměti. Jedinou stopou je vedle ní nalezená pozvánka na přednášku Alberta Einsteina. Psychiatr Martin Kirsch, kterého případ zaujme, odhalí dívčiny geniální matematické schopnosti a začne objevovat záhadné souvislosti jejího života. Má snad dívka s Einsteinem společného i něco víc, než je zájem o jeho práci? Kirsch se vydává do Curychu a začíná tušit, že tento psychiatrický případ je jeho poslední.

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