Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

From the author of Amazing Grace, one of the New York Times' most successful authors, comes this groundbreaking biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century, the man who stood up to Hitler.

While Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, intimidated a continent, and attempted to exterminate Europe's Jews, a small group of dissidents and saboteurs strove to dismantle the Third Reich from within. One of them was Dietrich Bonhoeffer...pastor and writer. In this biography, Eric Metaxas takes both aspects of Bonhoeffer's life (the theologian and the spy) and unites them in a painful story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. After discovering the fire of true faith in a Harlem church, Bonhoeffer returned to Germany and was one of the first to speak out against Hitler. Metaxas presents the full account of Bonhoeffer's harrowing decision to leave the safe haven of America and return to Hitler's Germany, and sheds new light on Bonhoeffer's involvement in the famous Valkyrie plot and Operation 7: the effort to make a life framed by a passion for truth and a commitment to justice on behalf of those facing relentless evil.

As a spy, he was part of the conspiracy to assassinate the Führer and was hanged at the Flossenberg concentration camp at the age of 39. After his death, Bonhoeffer has become one of the most complex and fascinating figures of the 20th century.

Bonhoeffer shows a fully orthodox Christian theologian whose faith led him to boldly confront the greatest evil of the 20th century, and uncovers previously untold facts, including the story of his passionate romance.