During World War II, many deeply mysterious events took place in the fog and chaos of conflict. These were classified, hushed up and kept from the public eye, and yet with the recent opening of secret archives, new light has been shed on these strange circumstances. This brilliant book fills you in on these unsolved cases, teasing fact from fiction. Topics include: - The lost treasure of the Amber Room - a masterpiece made from 5,900 kg of amber which was supposedly spirited away to a secret location and never uncovered since. - The Man Who Never Was - a corpse dressed in military uniform, fitted out with fake documents who was deliberately allowed to fall into Nazi hands. His real identity is still disputed. - The murder of socialite and possible spy, Jane Horney. Her body was never discovered, and many believed she swapped identities with her friend and lookalike before her disappearance. Within these pages the reader will also discover the secrets of the Nazi Ghost Trains; the 17 British soldiers at Auschwitz; and 'the curse of Timur's Tomb'. These intriguing and often chilling conspiracies and subterfuges will leave you stunned.

マイケル・フィッツジェラルドが本作で描き出したのは、単なる戦史の記録ではなく、歴史の暗部で今なお脈動する「解けない謎」の深淵です。機密解除された公文書という冷徹な証拠を扱いながらも、その語り口は極めて文学的であり、戦争という巨大な装置が放つ霧の中に読者を鮮やかに引き込みます。 琥珀の間の消失から呪われた墓所まで、散りばめられたエピソードの背後にあるのは、極限状態における人間の欲望と知略の交錯です。事実と虚構の境界線が揺らぐそのスリルは、読者の知的好奇心を激しく揺さぶり、歴史という名の迷宮を彷徨うような濃密な読書体験へと誘ってくれるでしょう。