‘An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader’ WALTER ISAACSON\nFrom the bestselling author of Enemies of the People\nAn intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful – and elusive – woman in the world. 
Angela Merkel has always been an outsider. A pastor’s daughter raised in Soviet-controlled East Germany, she spent her twenties working as a research chemist, only entering politics after the fall of the Berlin Wall. And yet within fifteen years, she had become chancellor of Germany and, before long, the unofficial leader of the West. 
Acclaimed author Kati Marton sets out to pierce the mystery of this unlikely ascent. With unparalleled access to the chancellor’s inner circle and a trove of records only recently come to light, she teases out the unique political genius that is the secret to Merkel’s success. No other modern leader has so ably confronted authoritarian aggression, enacted daring social policies and calmly unified an entire continent in an era when countries are becoming only more divided. Again and again, she’s cleverly outmanoeuvred strongmen like Putin and Trump, and weathered surprisingly complicated relationships with allies like Obama and Macron. 
Famously private, the woman who emerges from these pages is a role model for anyone interested in gaining and keeping power while staying true to one’s moral convictions. At once a riveting political biography, an intimate human portrait and a revelatory look at successful leadership in action, The Chancellor brings forth from the shadows one of the most extraordinary women of our time.

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

Biographies & Memoirs

Marton, Kati

Historical

William Collins

January 17, 1995, marks the 50th anniversary of the disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg, one of the greatest heroes of the Holocaust. Here is an authoritative account of Wallenberg's days in Budapest, his mysterious disappearance into Soviet prisons, and the most detailed account available of how he saved over 100,000 Jews from Nazi death camps. 8-page photo insert.

Raoul Wallenberg

Ballantine Books

On May 16, 1948, the body of CBS correspondent George Polk was found floating in Greece's Salonika Bay, where he had been stationed to report on a bloody civil war. The murder was allegedly solved, but Kati Marton has conctructed a vivid, convincing account of who really ordered the assasination of George Polk - and the motive behind it. This is the story of a peculiarly American hero whose blunt honesty and idealism proved insufficient aids in traversing the trecherous grounds of Cold War politics.

The Polk Conspiracy: Murder and Cover-Up in the Case of CBS News Correspondent George Polk

True Crime

Farrar. Straus and Giroux

An extraordinary work of history and original reporting that reveals the ways in which presidential marriages have affected the tone, character, and policies of twelve administrations, from Woodrow and Edith Wilson to George W. and Laura Bush. Each of the marriages that Kati Marton examines in this hugely appealing book offers up its own unexpected lessons about power and marriage, about the influence of presidential wives, and about the evolution of women’s roles in the twentieth century. Based on private White House documents and on interviews with the participants and with eyewitnesses to presidential events, Hidden Power explores how both the personal dynamics and public faces of White House marriages have shaped our history. We see Edith Wilson literally running the government when her deeply beloved husband becomes ill; how the combination of Franklin Roosevelt’s reassuring spirit and his wife’s humility guided the country through Depression and war; how Bess Truman’s loyalty, bluntness, and unpretentiousness were some of her husband’s greatest resources; the superb and necessary diplomacy of Jacqueline Kennedy. We observe Lady Bird Johnson retaining her own compass in the face of massive criticism of her husband; how Patricia Nixon’s estrangement from her husband fed his paranoia; how the Fords reassured us after the debacles of Vietnam and Watergate; Rosalynn Carter’s struggle to carve out new territory as first lady; the generally constructive role Nancy Reagan played, despite her frivolous reputation; the razor-sharp political instincts behind Barbara Bush’s grandmotherly image; how Hillary Clinton saved her husband’s presidency; and how Laura Bush provides emotional ballast for her husband. Here are the stories of the ultimate power couples—each one very different, but all of them informative, lively, and absolutely fascinating.

Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History

Community & Culture

Pantheon

Kati Marton’s bestselling Hidden Power is an engrossing look at twelve presidential marriages–from Edith and Woodrow Wilson to Laura and George W. Bush–that have profoundly affected America’s history. Marton uncovers the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the ultimate power couples, showing how first ladies have used their privileged access to the president to influence staffing, promote causes, and engage directly in policy-making. Edith Wilson secretly ran the country after Woodrow’s debilitating stroke. Eleanor Roosevelt was FDR’s moral compass. And Laura Bush, initially shy of any public role, has proven to be the emotional ballast for her husband. Through extensive research and interviews, Marton reveals the substantial–yet often overlooked–legacy of presidential wives, providing insight into the evolution of women’s roles in the twentieth century and vividly depicting the synergy of these unique political partnerships.

Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

From Publishers Weekly\nFor this first novel set in modern-day Hungary, Marton, a journalist and author of the biography Wallenberg, draws on her personal background as the daughter of Hungarian news correspondents who fled their Soviet-dominated native land for the West. When 36-year-old Anna Bator, a New Yorkbased newscaster for UNS News, finds herself in Budapest's Fo Street maximum security prison, she not only seems to be reliving the imprisonment of her own parents 30 years beforelike them, she has left behind a small daughterbut she is attempting to piece together the disparate fragments of her past in order to discover some kind of meaningful identity. Anna discovers that her father kept secret his participation in brutal, shocking events, the repercussions of which cannot be forgotten. She learns, too, that her status as an American journalist does not make her invulnerable to current affairs. Marton's picture of socialist Hungary is grim indeed. She portrays a gray, frightened society unrelieved by human warmth or trust. Her novel, which is part love story between child and parent, part romance between adults (Anna becomes deeply involved with a CIA operative), is an absorbing one with a truly surprising twist at the end. 
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.\nFrom Library Journal\nThis first novel by the journalist who wrote the biography Wallenberg ( LJ 5/15/82) traces the journey of self-discovery an American journalist makes to Hungary, her birthplace. With acknowledged ties to Hungarian-born Marton's own life story, this story begins when reporter Anna Bator is assigned the job of developing a news bureau in Budapest. Leaving her estranged husband and young daughter behind, Anna sets out, eager and full of sentiment, to rediscover her heritage in the land she barely remembers and her parents were reluctant to discuss. Romance in Hungary with an American trade negotiator (and perhaps spy) helps ease the discomfort Anna feels about what she finds. The atmosphere and history are well developed through Anna's experiences, but the minor suspense is more hindrance than plot, and the ending is disappointingly artificial. For larger fiction collections. Ann H. Fisher, Radford P.L., Va. 
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

An American Woman

Literature & Fiction

United States

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

An account of the 1948 assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte, a Swedish U.N. mediator in the Arab-Israeli conflict, discusses his murder by the Israeli Stern Gang, whose membership included Yitzhak Shamir, and the reasons for the killing. 12,500 first printing.

A Death in Jerusalem: The Assassination by Jewish Extremists of the First Arab/Israeli

History

Middle East

Americas

Random House Audio |

Traces the early twentieth century journey of nine men from Budapest--including Edward Teller, Robert Capa, and Michael Curtiz--who fled fascism and anti-Semitism to seek sanctuary in America, where they made pivotal contributions to such causes as the development of the atomic bomb, the creation of the computer, and the evolution of modern photojournalism. 50,000 first printing.

The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World

Simon&Schuster

Extravagantly praised by critics and readers, this stunning story by bestselling author Kati Marton tells of the breathtaking journey of nine extraordinary men from Budapest to the New World, what they experienced along their dangerous route, and how they changed America and the world. This is the unknown chapter of World War II: the tale of nine men who grew up in Budapest's brief Golden Age, then, driven from Hungary by anti-Semitism, fled to the West, especially to the United States, and changed the world. These nine men, each celebrated for individual achievements, were part of a unique group who grew up in a time and place that will never come again. Four helped usher in the nuclear age and the computer, two were major movie myth-makers, two were immortal photographers, and one was a seminal writer. The Great Escape is a groundbreaking, poignant American story and an important untold chapter of the tumultuous last century.

Great Escape: Great Escape

Europe

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Marton, Kati. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Marton, Kati

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Marton, Kati. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

The Chancellor: The Remarkable Odyssey of Angela Merkel

Raoul Wallenberg

The Polk Conspiracy: Murder and Cover-Up in the Case of CBS News Correspondent George Polk

Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History

Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our History

An American Woman

A Death in Jerusalem: The Assassination by Jewish Extremists of the First Arab/Israeli

Hidden Power: Presidential Marriages That Shaped Our Recent History

The Great Escape: Nine Jews Who Fled Hitler and Changed the World

Great Escape: Great Escape