RENEWED INTEREST IN WORLD WAR II with war brewing in middle east. WWII HOLDS A GREAT FASCINATION FOR MANY PEOPLE. SUNFLOWER OF THE THIRD REICH,A new novel by Andrea Ritter about WORLD WAR II and NAZI GERMANY FROM THE GERMAN PERSPECTIVE

With its fascinating details of German family life, action-filled battle scenes and poignant romances, Sunflower of the Third Reich is an absorbing saga that readers will find difficult to put down before they have reached its dramatic conclusion.

Andrea Ritters SUNFLOWER OF THE THIRD REICH is a historical novel set in war-torn Germany from 1943 to the end of World War II and Hitlers regime in 1945. The novel presents the German perspective of the war - a viewpoint to which American audiences have rarely been exposed.

The author, who grew up in Nazi Germany, describes in vivid detail the lives of ordinary German citizens during the war: the initial excitement and enthusiasm for Hitlers vision of the Third Reich, the nightly terrors of air raids and bombings, the famine, and the pressures of obtaining the barest necessities and protecting the family.

Sunflower tells the story of one familys experiences during the war: Heinz Stettner, a loyal Waffen SS officer, fighting on the brutal Russian front . . . Luise, Heinz courageous wife, struggling to protect her children by whatever means necessary. . . Beautiful Marianne, the Aryan archetype, who is called upon to receive Hitlers greatest honor -- to bear a child for the Third Reich . . . Rebellious Lilli, who defies both family and country to pursue a secret romance with a Polish prisoner in a German labor camp -- an act of treason under Nazi laws. . .

Yearly    history pages update the reader about the events of the war in Europe.

This piece of historical fiction about WWII from the German perspective is of great interest to students and lovers of German history, -culture, and -language.

This piece of historical fiction about WWII from the German perspective is of great interest to students and lovers of German history, -culture, and -language.

The book is available in bookstores or at a discount by calling the publisher direct at the toll free number 1-888-795-4274, and on the Internet at www.Xlibris.com/bookstore, amazon.com, barnes&noble.com, borders.com and several other Internet book stores

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Copyright 2001 (Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 00-191801)

423 Pages/8.5 x 5.5/full size. Softcover ISBN 07388-3320-7 $24.99

Hardback with dust jacket ISBN 07388-3319-3 $34.99

E-book ISBN 0-7388-7484-1 $8 (download from www.Xlibris.com/bookstore/e-books)

About the Author: Andrea Ritter was born as the Germans invaded Poland and grew up in Nazi Germany. She is basing this story on her and her familys personal experiences. Andrea resides on the North Shore of the New Orleans Area.

Please view her home page at www.i-55.com/~andrearitter

Andrea can be reached at andrearitter@I-55.com