The Masters And The Martyrs

By Robert Vaughan

1983

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The War Torn

Series · 5 books

By Robert Vaughan

The Rodls a close knit German family torn between love of their homeland and a growing distrust of a creed of blood and hatred—heroes and victims of Hitler's Third Reich. As the bloody drama of World War II begins, Adolf Hitler comes to Schweinfurt, vital industrial cog in the Third Reich's giant war machine. There, he meets Heinrich, head of the Rodl family, a decent man who turns away from the excesses of the Nazis—a man whose ball bearing factory is crucial to Hitler's impending Blitzkrieg. There the Fuhrer also meets the bewitchingly beautiful Lisl Rodl, engaged to brilliant Symphony conductor, Paul Maass, whose deepest secret can destroy all those he loves. Meantime on the eastern front, fighting a life-or-death tank battle is Heinrichs son Rudi Rodl. And on the other side of the world, two young Americans prepare for a fateful rendezvous with the Rodls—and history. The

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Author

Robert Vaughan

Author · 64 books

Robert Vaughan is an American writer. He has also written a series of contemporary and historical romance novels under several pseudonyms including "Paula Moore" and "Paula Fairman". His father served in the military and Robert followed him in the 1950s, entering army aviation. He served until the Vietnam War and won numerous medals including the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the Air Medal with several oak-leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal, and several other medals. His early books reflected his military background: the first novel was about the US Army along the DMZ in Korea, followed by a trilogy set in Vietnam. There are more than 9 million of his books in print under various names. He was inducted into the Writers’ Hall of Fame in 1998.