"A novel of unusual power and poignant interest" (Northern Whig)
"This is certainly the finest novel on modern Germany I have read. (John O' London's Weekly)
"Sally Carson, who gave us such a vivid picture of Germany inside her clever book Crooked Cross has given her readers another wonderful story showing the terrible crisis through which the German nation is passing today [...]." (Bournemouth Graphic)
"A deeply moving story." (Birmingham Weekly Mercury)
Copy from Persephone: "First published in 1936, The Prisoner begins a few weeks after Crooked Cross ends, in August 1933. Set mostly in Munich, The Prisoner follows the paths of the Kluger family as Nazism strengthens its grip on Germany: we watch as Erich's commitment to the Party grows, while Helmy's struggles to accepts its strictures threaten to be the family's undoing. The Prisoner offers a deeply timely glimpse into daily life in pre-WWII Germany, and the growing power and horror of the Nazis." Sylvia Carson (1902-1941), known as Sally, was born in Dorset and spent her early life there. She had two sisters and the family was brought up by their widowed mother. Carson worked as a dance teacher and a publisher's reader. She regularly holidayed in Bavaria, where Crooked Cross and The Prisoner are set. In 1938 she married publisher Eric Humphries, and they had three children. She died aged 38 of breast cancer. The sequel to Persephone Books' bestselling title Crooked Cross by Sally Carson.
