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In the German countryside, on the cusp of World War II, everything is about to change for two lifelong friends. As widowers, Nicholas and Alex are raising their children alone, but lead contented, peaceful lives - until a long-buried secret about Nicolas's ancestry threatens his family's safety. To survive, they must flee to America. The only treasures Nicholas and his sons can take are eight purebred horses. These magnificent creatures are their ticket to a new life, securing Nicolas a job with the famous Ringling Brothers Circus. There, he and the white stallion Pegasus become the centrepiece of the show. But as the years of war take their toll, Nicolas struggles to adapt to his new life, while Alex and his daughter face escalating danger in Europe. Then tragedy strikes on both sides of the ocean ...
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Widowers, Man-woman relationships, Aristocracy (Social class), Circus, Fathers and sons, Fiction, Lipizzaner horse, Refugees, Lipizzaner horses, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2014-11-16, New York Times bestseller, Family secrets, Single fathers, History, Fiction, romance, historical, general, Germany, fiction, Germany History 1933-1945 Fiction, United States History 1901-1953 Fiction, Fiction, romance, historical, World War, 1939-1945, nyt:mass-market-paperback=2015-12-13, FriendshipPlaces
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Pegasus: A Novel
Nov 24, 2015, Dell, Random House Publishing Group
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Nicolas von Bingen and Alex von Hemmerle, titled members of the German aristocracy, have been best friends since childhood. Both widowers, they are raising their children - Nick's two lively boys and Alex's adored teenage daughter - in peace and luxury on the vast Bavarian estates that have belonged to their families for generations. While Nick indulges in more glamorous pursuits, Alex devotes himself to breeding the renowned white Lipizzaner horses that enthrall audiences throughout Europe with their ability to dance and spin on command, majestic creatures whose bloodlines are rare and priceless. But it is Nicolas's bloodline that changes everything, when his father receives a warning from a high-ranking contact inside the Wehrmacht. A secret from the past has left the family vulnerable to the rising tide of Nazism: Nick's mother, whom he never knew, was of Jewish descent. Suddenly Nicolas must flee Germany, wrenching his sons away from the only home they have known, sailing across the Atlantic for a new life in America. Their survival will depend on a precious gift from Alex, their only stake for the future: eight purebred horses, two of them stunning Lipizzaners. In Florida, where Nicolas joins the Ringling Brothers Circus, he becomes Nick Bing, with Alex's prize white stallion -- now named Pegasus -- the centerpiece of the show.
A multigenerational narrative inspired by the best-selling author's own family history traces the efforts of an aristocratic German family to find refuge for themselves and their magnificent horses in post-World War II America.
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