THE SECRETS OF THE NOTEBOOK: A WOMAN’S QUEST TO UNCOVER HER ROYAL FAMILY SECRET
Book ID/图书代码： 12580013B66684
English Summary/英文概要： The true story of a girl who learns she’s descended from a princess, told with the suspense of a Cold War thriller and combined with a Holocaust tragedy.
“The beautiful owner of this book is dearer to me than my life – August your protector.” This one sentence was the key to a mystery involving some of the greatest and most infamous figures in European history, from Frederick the Great to Napoleon and Hitler—and solved by the author of this book.
Eve Haas is the daughter of a German Jewish family that took refuge in London after Hitler came to power. Following a terrifying air raid in the blitz, her father revealed the family secret, that her great-great grandmother Emilie was married to a Prussian prince. He then showed her the treasured gilt-edged notebook inscribed to Emilie by the prince. Her parents were reluctant to learn more, but later in life, when Eve was married and inherited the diary, she became obsessed with proving this birthright. The Secrets of the Notebook tells how she follows the clues, from experts on European royalty in London to archives in West Germany and then, under threat of being arrested as a spy by the Communist regime, to an archive in East Germany that had never before opened its doors to the West. What she unearths is a love story set against the upheaval of the Napoleonic wars and the anti-Semitism of the Prussian court, and a ruse that both protected Emilie’s daughter and condemned her granddaughter—Eve’s beloved grandmother, Anna—to death in the Nazi camps.
When first published in the UK, The Secrets of the Notebook was an Irish Times bestseller. A movie based on the book is in production.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是个真实的故事，一个女孩得知她是一位王子的后裔，随之揭开了冷战和大屠杀中的秘密。
“这本书的拥有者，这个美丽的女人，比我的生命还重要。——奥古斯丁，你的守护者”要想揭开历史上许多臭名昭著人物的秘密，这句话成了关键，欧洲历史上，从腓特烈一世，拿破仑，希特勒等不为人知的往事都在等待作者一一揭晓。
夏娃.哈斯出生在一个德国犹太家族中，希特勒展开大屠杀后，他们举家逃往伦敦。在经历了一场可怕的空袭后，夏娃的父亲决定告诉夏娃家族的秘密——夏娃的曾曾祖母艾米丽嫁给了一位普鲁士王子。随后父亲拿出了一把镶着金边的笔记本，署名上说明是王子赠与艾米丽的。夏娃的父母并不想再知道更多，但当夏娃结婚继承了这本日记后，她决心要追寻这一切的真伪。她跟随着线索找到了伦敦欧洲皇室家族的专家，随后又来到了德国西部的档案馆，又冒着被当做间谍逮捕的危险潜入了德国东部的档案馆。她最终发现的是当年拿破仑战争和普鲁士法庭反犹太者之间的一场剧变下的爱情故事以及一场阴谋，这个阴谋保护了艾米丽的女儿，却也使她的外孙女，也就是夏娃挚爱的外婆安娜死于纳粹集中营中。
当《笔记本的秘密》第一次在英国出版，一举成为了《爱尔兰时报》的畅销书，以这本书为原型的电影也正在拍摄中。（XAT）
Awards/获奖情况：“这本书的拥有者，这个美丽的女人，比我的生命还重要。——奥古斯丁，你的守护者”要想揭开历史上许多臭名昭著人物的秘密，这句话成了关键，欧洲历史上，从腓特烈一世，拿破仑，希特勒等不为人知的往事都在等待作者一一揭晓。
“曲折的情节配以悬疑，戏剧，悲痛的元素使这部作品令人大开眼界。”——《家族历史月刊》
“作者夏娃.哈斯为了揭开这些秘密不惜身陷险境。”——《周日快报》
“很吸引人。”——《BBC杂志》
“The beautiful owner of this book is dearer to me than my life. – August your protector” This one sentence was the key to a mystery involving some of the greatest and most infamous figures in European history, from Frederick the Great to Napoleon and Hitler—a mystery solved by the author.
“An eye-opening, riveting tale full of suspense, drama, and anguish.” (Family History Monthly)
“Eve Haas put herself in great danger to unravel the mystery.” (Sunday Express)
“Fascinating.” (BBC Magazine)
About the Author/作者介绍： 夏娃.哈斯出生在一个德国犹太家族中，希特勒展开大屠杀后，他们举家逃往伦敦。在经历了一场可怕的空袭后，夏娃的父亲决定告诉夏娃家族的秘密——夏娃的曾曾祖母艾米丽嫁给了一位普鲁士王子。《笔记本的秘密》是一个真实的故事，夏娃从父亲那里继承了一本1830年的笔记本，随后决心揭开隐藏了130年的家族秘密。夏娃跟着线索找到了伦敦欧洲皇室家族的专家，随后又来到了德国西部的档案馆，又冒着被当做间谍逮捕的危险潜入了德国东部的档案馆。她最终发现的是当年拿破仑战争和普鲁士法庭反犹太者之间的一场剧变下的爱情故事以及一场阴谋，这个阴谋保护了艾米丽的女儿，却也使她的外孙女，也就是夏娃挚爱的外婆安娜死于纳粹集中营中。当纳粹党卫军抓住安娜的时候，他们相信她只是个普通的犹太老妇，隐藏在笔记本中安娜真实的皇族身份最终也没有救了她。
Eve Haas is the daughter of a German Jewish family that took refuge in London after Hitler came to power. Following a terrifying air raid in the blitz, her father revealed the family secret, that her great-great grandmother Emilie was married to Prince August of Prussia. THE SECRETS OF THE NOTEBOOK is the true story of Eve who inherits the old 1830s notebook from her father and becomes obsessed with the idea of uncovering the mysterious Royal Secret that lay hidden in her family for 130 years and proving this birthright, which accompanied the notebook.
Eve follows the clues, from experts on European royalty in London to archives in West Germany and then, under threat of being arrested as a spy by the Communist regime, to an archive in East Germany that had never before opened its doors to the West. What she unearths is a love story set against the upheaval of the Napoleonic wars and the anti-Semitism of the Prussian court, and a ruse that both protected Emilie’s daughter and probably condemned her granddaughter—Eve’s beloved grandmother, Anna—to death in the Nazi camps. Seized by the SS, they believed Anna was just an old Jewish woman, but the secret of her royal heritage lay in that notebook, though couldn’t save her.
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