Henning Boetius lives near Frankfurt and is the author of several highly aclaimed novels and a series of literary mysteries. He is the son of the only living survivor of the Hindenburg. Taking him five years to write, The Phoenix is inspired by the accounts his father shared with him of the disaster.

‘Impeccably researched, its intensity reminiscent of Ondaatje’s The English Patient.’ Der Spiegel‘A superlative thirller, a fine book which I put down with a real sense of regret.’ David Robson, Sunday Telegraph‘Boetius has created an original plot peopled with intensely realized characters, set against a vivid backdrop of prewar politics and the romance of zeppelin flight.’ Publishers Weekly‘Henning Boetius has fashioned a superb and unsettling thriller.’ Sunday Telegraph

Henning Boetius lives near Frankfurt and is the author of several highly aclaimed novels and a series of literary mysteries. He is the son of the only living survivor of the Hindenburg. Taking him five years to write, The Phoenix is inspired by the accounts his father shared with him of the disaster.

‘Impeccably researched, its intensity reminiscent of Ondaatje’s The English Patient.’ Der Spiegel‘A superlative thirller, a fine book which I put down with a real sense of regret.’ David Robson, Sunday Telegraph‘Boetius has created an original plot peopled with intensely realized characters, set against a vivid backdrop of prewar politics and the romance of zeppelin flight.’ Publishers Weekly‘Henning Boetius has fashioned a superb and unsettling thriller.’ Sunday Telegraph

Henning Boetius lives near Frankfurt and is the author of several highly aclaimed novels and a series of literary mysteries. He is the son of the only living survivor of the Hindenburg. Taking him five years to write, The Phoenix is inspired by the accounts his father shared with him of the disaster.

‘Impeccably researched, its intensity reminiscent of Ondaatje’s The English Patient.’ Der Spiegel‘A superlative thirller, a fine book which I put down with a real sense of regret.’ David Robson, Sunday Telegraph‘Boetius has created an original plot peopled with intensely realized characters, set against a vivid backdrop of prewar politics and the romance of zeppelin flight.’ Publishers Weekly‘Henning Boetius has fashioned a superb and unsettling thriller.’ Sunday Telegraph