Axis Sally

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Summary: A compelling study of obsession and deceit
Review: All of us have known women who will go to any length for a man. Axis Sally was one such woman and the lengths she went to spelled her ruin. Her loves, travels, decisions, and perilous adventures make for a wild read.

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Summary: Axis Sally
Review: Fuller provides a very factual, but captivating story of a shadowy figure from WWII. She gives the name of "Axis Sally' a face and gives us some insight into the personality and forces that shaped Axis Sally's behavior. While presented objectively, one can empathize with "Sally" as she slips deeper into deepening and futile crises.
M. Fuller has obviously done a tremendous amount of research into her subject. But the mass of anectdotal facts read in a smooth and contnuous flow, pulling you along.
Particularly poignant are Fuller's descriptions of Berlin during the Allied bombings with the crumbling governmentr trying to exercise control as destruction reigns.

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Summary: Axis Sally
Review: Fuller provides a very factual, but captivating story of a shadowy figure from WWII. She gives the name of "Axis Sally' a face and gives us some insight into the personality and forces that shaped Axis Sally's behavior. While presented objectively, one can empathize with "Sally" as she slips deeper into deepening and futile crises.
M. Fuller has obviously done a tremendous amount of research into her subject. But the mass of anectdotal facts read in a smooth and contnuous flow, pulling you along.
Particularly poignant are Fuller's descriptions of Berlin during the Allied bombings with the crumbling government trying to exercise control as destruction reigns.

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Summary: The author has truly captured the feelings of that time.
Review: I was aware, as a young person during the forties,that there was this American woman who had gone over to, "the other side" as the war raged in Europe. People here referred to her as a "traitor" and she was a topic of scorn. I knew about her trial after the war but had no idea about what had happened to her. In this book the story is skillfully unfolded. And, as is so often the case, "the story matters".This book is a terrific read! Well done! I could swear I was hearing, Lili Marlene playing as I read it .

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Summary: Axis Sally -A Must Read--
Review: I'm not one that reads a lot; however this book kept me
going until I finished it! I was a teenager when WWII was
being fought and this book brings back a lot of history
and adds to things that I can/can't remember! A must read
for people that lived during WWII.

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Summary: Interesting and Informative
Review: Really enjoyed this book! Very well researched, very interesting. Loved the depiction of the notorious Axis Sally. M. Williams Fuller takes you into the unexplored world of Nazi propaganda broadcasters... all I can say is, "Wow!"

I highly recommend reading this book! Amazing!

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Summary: I lived through those years in Germany
Review: So little has been written about conditions in Europe in the wake of WWII. I lived through those years in Germany and found M. Williams Fuller's account of those times so emotional for me that at times I had to put the book down. She is a good story teller and has done a masterful job.

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Summary: Great story
Review: This story moved! It is action-packed and exciting - a unique take that ponders the guilt or innocence of Tokyo Rose's European counterpart

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Summary: A trashy romance novel
Review: Those expecting a scholarly, well-researched biography will be disappointed. Those expecting a well-written story will be appalled. "Axis Sally" is, by the admission of the author, not a biography of an interesting World War II figure, but "historical fiction." The widely-cited "Charles Champlin" review accurately describes the book as a "novel." Tragically, Mr. Champlin inaccurately describes it as both "skillful" and "illuminating." The booklet stretches to 367 pages only by the use of large type and many blank pages between the childishly short chapters. Curiously, less than a third of the booklet actually deals with the "Axis Sally" broadcasts. Nearly the first half is fanciful fiction intended more to tittilate than illuminate. I was disappointed with the infantile writing style, but utterly lost when it became evident that neither the allegedly "award winning" Ms. Fuller nor the alleged editor at the (vanity?) publisher is conversant with spelling, punctuation, and grammar conventions of the English language. If Ms. Fuller is looking in, I strongly suggest she purchase and digest "The Elements of Style" before attempting another foray into the writing field. "Axis Sally" is far better suited as a Harlequin Romance than a serious historical work.