416 pages
English language
Published April 3, 2022 by Headline Publishing Group.
'I know you would like to hate me. History is written by the victors, and these are always men...'
The wife of a toppled dictator stands trial for her husband's crimes. The world will finally know the truth. But whose?
A darkly gripping and timely story, The Dictator's Wife will keep you turning the pages long into the night...
WOMAN I learned early in life how to survive. A skill that became vital in my position.
WIFE I was given no power, yet I was expected to hold my own with the most powerful man in the country.
MOTHER OF THE NATION My people were my children. I stood between him and them.
I am not the person they say I am. I am not my husband. I am innocent.
Do you believe me?
Visceral and thought provoking, powerful and emotional, haunting and heartbreaking, The Dictator's Wife will hold you …
'I know you would like to hate me. History is written by the victors, and these are always men...'
The wife of a toppled dictator stands trial for her husband's crimes. The world will finally know the truth. But whose?
A darkly gripping and timely story, The Dictator's Wife will keep you turning the pages long into the night...
WOMAN I learned early in life how to survive. A skill that became vital in my position.
WIFE I was given no power, yet I was expected to hold my own with the most powerful man in the country.
MOTHER OF THE NATION My people were my children. I stood between him and them.
I am not the person they say I am. I am not my husband. I am innocent.
Do you believe me?
Visceral and thought provoking, powerful and emotional, haunting and heartbreaking, The Dictator's Wife will hold you in its grip until its gut-wrenching conclusion.
I found the book a bit of a slog to get through, I felt that the exposition was long and unnecessary at times and the characters to be unlikeable but not in an entertaining way. However, I thought the prose was well written and very beautiful. You could tell the author did a lot of research too.
