Now this was a good read. Wilbur Smith doesn't just focus on one character or one place but many different places and many different characters through out the book as well as the years that the second world war raged on until the end of the war. I enjoyed Saffron story the most as she had to deal with so much during that time. To read not only about germany but also some of what the other countries went through as well as people what they went through as the war raged on around them. As with many other books food was like finding gold since there was a shortage even after the horror ended and people were trying to get back to normal. Some of the characters you think how can one human being do that to another. All in All a fabulous book.