（全英文書）1906出生宗教靈魂人物迪特里希‧潘霍華（DietrichBonhoeffer）對當時教會的章程大失所望；所以他從此遊走在牧師和間諜身分之間的傳奇故事。


◎本書含蓋了傳記宗教和歷史；特別是政治和軍事。
◎反抗纳粹黨德籍牧師迪特里希‧潘霍華（DietrichBonhoeffer）和當時貴族女性代表露絲‧范‧克里絲（matriarchRuthvonKleist）視迪特里希如自己兒子之間的歷史故事。
◎作者以澳洲出生的波蘭後裔的觀點，花了近六年時間考證這段歷史並反應出現今某些中外人士外對於歷史、社會、宗教、政治等等理念的「不平衡點」。

InmemoryofDietrichBonhoeffer,RuthvonKleist-Retzowandtheirkin,whodaredtoupholdeverythingthatwasdecentinaworldofindecencyandinjustice.

AcompellingGermanhistoricalbiographyoffaith,framedbyreligious,politicalandmilitaryconflict,setinthetwincataclysmicbackdropofbothworldwars,asseenfromafreshPolishperspective.Thenarrativeisenrichedwithawidearrayofcompellingandheroicpersonalstories,includingofmanyextraordinarywomen,suchastheJunkermatriarchRuthvonKleistandherchildren,indefianceofmultiplemanifestationsoftyranny.Thecentralfigure,DietrichBonhoeffer,ofwhomRuthcametoregardlikeason,becomesdisenchantedwiththeStateChurch’sappeasementoftheNationalSocialistagenda,andtransitionsintoadoublelifeaspastorandspy.Asthetensionbuildstothetragicclimax,onecandrawdisturbingparallelswiththemodern-daysubversionofallfaiths,Westernandtraditional,andallothermannerofhumanrightsabusesinXiJinping’sPeople’sRepublicofChina,withtacitapprovalitseems,fromtheVaticaninRome.Moreover,eerieparallelsfromthedeaththroesofWeimarGermanyforAmericain2020-21.