ReaderSchlink explores questions of guilt, deceit, betrayal and memory in this novel which traces the relationship between a German lawyer, Michael, and an older woman, Hanna, who was formerly a guard at a satellite camp attached to Auschwitz.

his mischievous sense of humour and his hard-working performances on the pitch

With little food and no electricity

This updated and expanded book takes the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts

a terrapin materialises on her lap

beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest

through taking the reader to the Middle Ages

'The Secret Commonwealth' sees Lyra

' CLAIRE TOMALIN________________________Throughout her lifetime

March under their colours

a Baghdad swim club

All bear the fingerprints of one remarkable man: John von Neumann

Not knowing who to trust