This, the first volume in Hughes's trilogy "The Human Predicament", takes rich young Augustine to Bavaria on the eve of Hitler's ill-fated 1923 Munich putsch and ends with the departure into a convent of Augustine's romantic first love, the blind Mitzi.
The Human Predicament Series
This ambitious series delves into the complex destinies of a single family, charting both its German and English branches through the tumultuous first half of the 20th century. It offers a dramatic depiction of Hitler's rise to power, leading inexorably towards the disaster of the Second World War. The work masterfully blends fact and fiction, creating an epic narrative of personal lives caught in the jaws of history.
