Excellent work

Deborah Lipstadt’s prose is reliably gripping, and Kate Udall’s narration renders it ably. Well worth a listen.

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The British legal system was the hero.

I have to take my hat off to Deborah Lipstadt for spending six years of her life defending her principles, fighting a hideous holocaust denier and providing comfort to the relatives and survivors of those caught up in the Holocast. It goes to show how hard it is to defeat the conspiracy theorists who make up lies and twist every scrap of evidence to suit their ideology. It exposes the conspiracy theorist's half-truths, their selective evidence and their tactics of ignoring contrary evidence that can derail their argument.

The story was told at a good pace and in enough detail for the listener to really get to grips with the subject matter. It was told in a manner whereby the listener became an impartial juror to the trial and based on the evidence would have arrived at the same conclusion.

She has done a favour not just to the Holocaust survivors, but to the whole world by showing there are limits to what conspiracy theorists can get away with. I just wish she would now take on the anti-vaxxers who in my mind are just as dangerous as the David Irvings of this world.

After reading (listening to) the book, I watched the movie, and in my opinion the book is far, far better because the extra detail allowed the reader / listener the opportunity to get to grips with the subject matter whereas the film did not.

A couple of negatives. The editing was a bit clunky in places with corrections and additions being inserted at different volumes and tones that jerked the reader straight out of the story. Secondly Deborah's little snipes at the British legal system and I quote '... the vagaries of the British legal system meant the outcome would always be in the balance ...' were quite offensive. The British legal system is not some quaint third world institution, but the backbone of a quarter of the world's legal systems including the American one. And it is not heavily politicised as it is in America. In fact the British legal system became the unlikely hero of this book!

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Wonderful account of a British defamation case.

This is a well written account by Deborah Lipstadt who is brave and open about her experience of being sued by the notorious 'historian' David Irving and takes pains not to make herself the hero of this fascinating story.
The reader has a decent voice but her habit of pausing in odd places takes a bit of getting used to. The book benefits from being played at 1.05 speed.

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A poignant read especially in such turbulent times as 2021.

This was an easy read and the audible version makes for easy listening too. What would have made it better, perhaps, is if there had been more British voices especially in the court scenes since the majority of the book occurs in London. I suppose one has to wait to see the movie for that. However, I’m concerned the movie may not keep true to the book. I shall wait to find out.

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