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Feb 28, 2019 · (The Huntress herself is based on two real women, one a female camp guard named Hermine Braunsteiner, the other an SS officer's wife named Erna Petri; more on both of them in Quinn's Author's...
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For the Detailed Plot Summary, click here or scroll all the way down. In The Huntress, Nina is a former Soviet aviatrix who is trying to track down a Nazi war criminal known as die Jägerin, The Huntress. The Huntress disappeared after the end of the war, but is known mainly for offering survivors refuge and then murdering them. Nina joins forces wi...
I was hooked by this book pretty early on, probably by about 50 pages into it. The plot kicks off right away, and it’s a story that teems with adventure and suspense. The lively narrative zig zags across multiple countries and continents, and jumps back and forth across various time periods before and after World War II. Like with The Alice Network...
While I have a few minor criticisms, I should first mention that I enjoyed pretty much all of it regardless. The romances were a miss for me, as they seemed unnecessary, but I didn’t mind it. I also was hoping for a little more of a mystery element to the plot or a few surprises along the way, but instead it’s a more straightforward story than I wa...
I was expecting to like this book, but was still surprised when it surpassed my expectations. While I think the story would have benefited from a little more of an element of surprise and mystery, it’s still an exciting and enjoyable novel, with a nice sense of action and adventure as well as a full cast of fleshed-out, interesting characters. I re...
Feb 26, 2019 · THE HUNTRESS is a story of a hunt for a Nazi war criminal based on the 1973 acknowledgement by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service to Congress that there were fifty-three known Nazi war criminals living in the USA at that time.
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Ian and Tony, my two fictional Nazi hunters in “The Huntress,” frequently reflect that their job is not glamorous. Q: Is the huntress character based on a true person? A: She’s a fictional ...
Feb 9, 2024 · Fact 1: The Huntress is a work of fiction. While The Huntress is heavily inspired by history, it is important to note that the novel is a work of fiction. Kate Quinn, the author, skillfully weaves together an engaging narrative by drawing inspiration from real events and characters.
Feb 20, 2019 · The only person who has ever seen the huntress and lived is Nina Markova, with whom Ian has a complicated past. At long last, Ian has a legitimate lead, which takes him, his charming partner, Tony ...
British war correspondent Ian Graham has witnessed the horrors of war from Omaha Beach to the Nuremberg Trials. He abandons journalism after the war to become a Nazi hunter, yet one target eludes him: the Huntress. Fierce, disciplined Ian must join forces with brazen, cocksure Nina, the only witness to escape the Huntress alive.
