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Sirius : the story of a little dog who changed the world / Jonathan Crown ; translated from the German by Jamie Searle Romanelli.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: German Publication details: London : Head of Zeus, 2016.Description: 247 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9781784082000 (pbk.) :
Uniform titles:
  • Sirius. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 833.92 23
LOC classification:
  • PR6103
Summary: Berlin, 1938: Sirius, a dashing fox terrier, lives a charmed life with the German Jewish Liliencrons. But, with the rise of Nazism, the Liliencrons decide to leave Berlin for Hollywood. There, Sirius takes his destiny into his own hands with the kind of melancholic mirth exclusive to his breed. He becomes a celebrated film star and circus performer, friend to Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant. But, when a magic trick goes wrong, Sirius ends up back in war-torn Berlin. Never one to despair, he finds himself in the Führer's headquarters as Hitler's lap dog - and an informant for the resistance.
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Fiction The Harden Library, King's Hospital Fiction Section F CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available R15062M0499

This translation originally published: 2015.

Berlin, 1938: Sirius, a dashing fox terrier, lives a charmed life with the German Jewish Liliencrons. But, with the rise of Nazism, the Liliencrons decide to leave Berlin for Hollywood. There, Sirius takes his destiny into his own hands with the kind of melancholic mirth exclusive to his breed. He becomes a celebrated film star and circus performer, friend to Rita Hayworth and Cary Grant. But, when a magic trick goes wrong, Sirius ends up back in war-torn Berlin. Never one to despair, he finds himself in the Führer's headquarters as Hitler's lap dog - and an informant for the resistance.

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