Last Stop Vienna

A Novel
Last Stop Vienna

Germany in the 1920s, in the early days of Hitler and the Nazi party, was a country plunging into darkness and violence. Andrew Nagorski has written the story of a doomed generation, of evil, hopelessness, sexual perversion and murder that set the stage for the ultimate destruction of a society. But in a stunning denouement, a young Nazi brownshirt, acting out of passion and revenge, changes the course of history.

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Germany in the 1920s, in the early days of Hitler and the Nazi party, was a country plunging into darkness and violence. Andrew Nagorski has written the story of a doomed generation, of evil, hopelessness, sexual perversion and murder that set the stage for the ultimate destruction of a society. But in a stunning denouement, a young Nazi brownshirt, acting out of passion and revenge, changes the course of history.

Publisher's Weekly

Nagorski imagines a fascinating alternate ending to Adolf Hitler's ill-fated affair with his niece, Geli, in this fast-moving, riveting debut novel about a naive young stormtrooper who inadvertently becomes the fuhrer's romantic rival Nagorski paints a complex portrait of a vengeful young man… ...read more

The Vienna Review

by Bernhard Wenzl
Last Stop Vienna established Andrew Nagorski as a talented writer of historical fiction. Instructive and in places thrilling, the novel also deserves to be read by those interested in the initial stage of Nazism, history recreated as literature. Its creative blending of fact and fiction not only… ...read more

The Washington Times

A fascinating counter-factual historical novel about Adolf Hitler. The adjective fascinating is much overused, but not in this case. For a first time novelist, Mr. Nagorski has made a successful debut.

The Washington Post

Nagorskis writing is precise and sculpted, moving seamlessly from scenes of lovemaking to descriptions of appalling violence. He has done his historical research well and places [his main character] Naumann at the center of many key events in the rise of the Nazi movement. Nagorski also paints a… ...read more

The Chicago Tribune

Books like Last Stop Vienna are precious reminders, guiding us through the stumbling wilderness of accidents that is the truth of history, that the future is at play at all times, and that it remains, to the last, in our own hands.

The New York Daily News

Nagorski challenges the outcome of history by asking What if?namely, what would have happened if Hitler had not risen to power in Germany Its a thrilling ride through the strange, tumultuous Weimar Republic during the 1920s.