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The House on the Canal
  • Published: 2 March 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241658475
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $48.00
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The House on the Canal

The 400-Year Story of the House that Hid Anne Frank

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2 Mar 2027
Hardback
25 Mar 2027
EBook
25 Feb 2027
Audiobook
25 Feb 2027
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An enthralling portrait of one of the most famous buildings in the world - Amsterdam's Anne Frank House - and its 400 years of history, from the bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf

Millions have passed through its doors, but few know the full story of the house in Amsterdam's Canal District that hid Anne Frank and her family. Built in 1635 by an enterprising Dutch businessman, over the next 400 years the house would welcome a cast of extraordinary characters - merchants, craftsmen, scientists, religious dissenters - and bear witness to some of the most dramatic events in history as the country grew into a powerful modern nation.

This is the enthralling portrait of one remarkable house through time: a place of life, death, work, sanctuary and celebration, and an enduring memorial to the horrors of war and a young girl's hope for humanity.
  • Published: 2 March 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241658475
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 256
  • RRP: $48.00
Categories:

About the author

Thomas Harding

Thomas Harding is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than 20 languages. He has written for the Sunday Times, the Washington Post and the Guardian, amongst other publications. He is the bestselling author of Hanns and Rudolf, which won the JQ-Wingate Prize for Non-Fiction, The House by the Lake, which was shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, Blood on the Page, which won the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction, and The Maverick, which was selected by the New York Times as a Critic’s Pick for 2023. His most recent book, The Einstein Vendetta (2025), is a true story of betrayal and murder in Nazi-occupied Italy, and was longlisted for the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction. You can follow Thomas on Twitter/x @thomasharding
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Also by Thomas Harding

The House by the Lake
Blood on the Page
The Einstein Vendetta
Hanns and Rudolf
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Praise for The House on the Canal

Making a familiar story feel fresh and new requires a particular gift of storytelling and Thomas Harding has that in abundance. Reading about the house on the canal, where Anne Frank and her family hid from the Nazis, becomes in his hands a compelling and gripping story even if we already know the tragic end. Harding is to be congratulated on finding a new way to understand this devastating and important slice of history.

Anne Sebba, author of Les Parisiennes