The Faithful Spy

 The Faithful Spy, by John Hendrix

It's a graphic novel biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, aimed at a YA audience!  

While this story culminates in Bonhoeffer's involvement in plots to kill Hitler, and his subsequent imprisonment, it's not the sole focus of the book.  This is a biography that aims to give a full picture of Bonhoeffer's life, complete with his childhood and family, later studies, travel, and efforts to start a new kind of pastor training.

The art is gorgeous -- complex and layered, but done only in scarlet, teal, and black.  Visually, this book is wonderful, but it does suffer from the size; I think it would be better in a larger size, which may have been too expensive to print or something.  The print is tiny, and I often struggled to read it.

Highly recommended for an excellent angle on Germany in World War II* and a fascinating treatment of Bonhoeffer's life, plus the art.  It was really good. But I wish it was printed larger!


*Although Bonhoeffer was greatly concerned with the treatment of Jews in Germany, he had almost no knowledge of the Holocaust, and so that subject is not covered in this book.

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  1. I heard about Bidwell Mansion. Terrible and sad. It's a real loss and I know it was important to you guys.

    I hadn't heard about this book, which does look interesting.

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    1. Reese, thanks so much! It's an awful loss and it's hard to grasp just how much is suddenly gone. They were refurbishing the mansion but hadn't removed the furniture, so all the antiques and Native items were lost as well.

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