Only Breath & Shadow (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Tweeddale Consultancy Ltd, 2026
- Softcover
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Paperback. Only Breath & Shadow is set in the atmospheric and increasingly dangerous world of 1930s Vienna. The story follows Christian Drewe, an English gentleman who was blinded and scarred during the Battle of the Somme in the Great War. Now living in Austria, Christian has spent years navigating his surroundings entirely through sound, smell, and touch, building a quiet existence defined by consistent routines and sensory awareness.The peace of Christian's world is shattered by the rise of the Nazi regime. As the dehumanisation of minorities becomes the precursor to systemic brutality, Christian's Jewish friends, the Friedmann family, find themselves in immediate peril. When Otto and Anna Friedmann are arrested and sent to concentration camps, Christian finds himself the unlikely protector of their four young children.Aided by Claire Astor, a spirited American nightclub singer, and his fiercely loyal housekeeper, Frau Agnes Huber, Christian must transform from a passive observer into a man of decisive action. Together, they must navigate a city teeming with spies and informers to orchestrate a desperate escape for the children. Their mission places them directly in the crosshairs of Gestapo Major Ernst Schmidt, a man determined to root out those who would dare to aid "enemies of the state".Weaving historical fact with fiction, including the true story of Gil and Eleanor Kraus and their mission to rescue fifty Jewish children, the novel highlights the need the moral goodness when the world is plunging into darkness. Only Breath & Shadow is a gripping tale of individual action against global indifference, reminding readers that in an era of encroaching shadows, it is our acts of sacrifice and love that truly define us. Based around true events, a blind English gentleman and an American cabaret singer must save four Jewish children from the Nazis This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Only Breath & Shadow (Paperback)
- Author
- Andrew G. Tweeddale
- Publisher
- Tweeddale Consultancy Ltd
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1739612248
- ISBN 13
- 9781739612245
- Series
- Book 3 of 3: The Castle Drogo Series
Only Breath & Shadow is about rescuing Jewish children from Vienna in the 1930s. It includes real events woven into a fiction and tells the story of a blind man and an American cabaret singer who seek to rescue four Jewish children. It also contains the true-life story of Gil and Eleanor Kraus, who travelled to Vienna in 1939 and brought fifty Jewish children back to America.
Christian Drewe a man blinded at the Somme sees the moral decay that Nazism brings to Vienna more clearly than the sighted world around him.
At the start of the novel Christian Drewe is a man without purpose, believing that his blindness defines him. But when the Nazis march into Austria, everything changes. When his Jewish friends are arrested and sent to the camps, their four children are left behind with no one to protect them.
Christian is their only hope.
In a city crawling with informants and watched by the Gestapo, he must do the impossible: hide the children, outwit a ruthless Nazi officer, and plan an escape from a world closing in around them, all without sight.
As danger tightens and time runs out, Christian is forced to confront a question he can no longer avoid:
How much can one man risk to save innocent lives?
Only Breath & Shadow is a powerful and deeply human story of courage in the face of unimaginable darkness.
Perfect for readers of All the Light We Cannot See, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Nightingale, this unforgettable novel explores sacrifice, love, and the strength to act when it matters most.
Key Words & Themes:
- Kindertransport & Holocaust Rescue: Captures the urgency of the 1930s refugee crisis and individual action against global indifference.
- Disability in Historical Fiction - A Blind Protagonist: A rare, immersive portrayal of visual impairment during wartime.
- Suspense & Resistance: Features intense interrogation scenes, psychological games, and a true mission to save innocent lives.
- Vienna Coffeehouse Culture of the 1930s: Richly detailed setting of the Inner Stadt before and after the Nazi occupation.
- Oppression against Minorities: Tells the story of Paul O'Montis, the famous gay Jewish cabaret artist who mocked the Nazis, and Gil and Eleanor Kraus who came from Philadelphia in America and rescued 50 Jewish children
Only Breath & Shadow is a sweeping tale of moral clarity in an era of darkness, providing a dramatic conclusion to the Castle Drogo family saga while standing alone as a profound exploration of sacrifice and love.
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