Sir Adam Kelno has spent his whole life covering up his past. After his political beliefs land him in Jadwiga, Poland’s worst concentration camp, Kelno earns privileges with the Nazis by performing inhumane operations on Jewish prisoners. Now, after rebuilding his name in a British colony and being knighted by the British monarchy, Kelno finally feels safe returning to London. But his past … past catches up with him when the novelist Abraham Cady publishes a book naming Kelno one of the most sadistic doctors at Jadwiga. Anxious to quell the rumors, Kelno charges Cady with slandering his name. As the court proceeding draws out, Cady must fight to avenge his past as Kelno fights to save his future.
An instant bestseller and the basis for the first miniseries in history, winning 6 Primetime Emmys, QB VII explores human nature under the most dire of circumstances.
From the Publisher:
In Queen’s Bench Courtroom Number Seven, famous author Abraham Cady stands trial. In his book The Holocaust –born of the terrible revelation that the Jadwiga Concentration camp was the site of his family’s extermination–Cady shook the consciousness of the human race. He also named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Kelno as one of Jadwiga’s most sadistic inmate/doctors. Kelno has denied this and brought furious charges. Now unfolds Leon Uris’ riveting courtroom drama–one of the great fictional trials of the century.
“You open the book and start reading. Quicker than you can say Uris you are caught up at once in the unfolding conflict . . . . It’s a professional job all the way . . . . Dramatic, impassioned.”—The New York Times Book Review.
“A fine suspense story, an excellent courtroom story, written with genuine passion. You won’t put it down once you’ve picked it up. It is the author of Exodus at his best.”—Newsweek
About the Author:
Leon Uris (1924–2003) was an author of fiction, nonfiction, and screenplays whose works include numerous bestselling novels. His epic Exodus (1958) has been translated into over fifty languages. Uris’s work is notable for its focus on dramatic moments in contemporary history, including World War II and its aftermath, the birth of modern Israel, and the Cold War. Through the massive success of his novels and his skill as a storyteller, Uris has had enormous influence on popular understanding of twentieth-century history. Follow @authorleonuris on Facebook for updates.
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First read this many yards ago and it stuck. I rarely reread books but when this was offered I wanted to compare it with my memories of it. It was amazing second time around. Heartbreaking.
I read this book in my 20s, I am now 66 and remembered it as such an intense novel I was moved to read it again!
Solid story of a despicable period in our history and then good beats evil.
I first read it in my teens but I re-read it this year. I found it to be just as interesting and even more intriguing than the first time I read it. I understood the subject more as a mature adult. I would recommend it as it is a very interesting book.
Another exhaustive historical novel that is eye opening and informative.
If I’ve read a book a long time ago —as I did this one over35 years ago—and still remember the plot, it must have been GREAT!
While the book is a bit aged, the message is not. The generation who lived through World War II and faced the reality of man’s inhumanity with the disclosure of the Nazi death camps are dying off. Recent events should remind us that what happened in Europe in the 1930 – mid 1940’s was not an abberation…..we still are surrounded with racists. …
Not as good as I remembered