Even after a ceasefire and surrenders, The Ambassador’s Daughter shows that tensions between both sides were still quite rampant, and I found the portrayal of these tensions very engaging. Jenoff also accentuated some of the darker sides of these talks, bringing to light much of the spying and other intelligence gathering, and occasional assaults against diplomats, which is often overlooked when studying history. Jenoff’s integration of the common fears Germans had regarding the future of their state and Western attitudes towards Germans during these pivotal negotiations, exposes the weaknesses of those who were seen as the assailants on Europe during this time. We follow the main character, Margot Rosenthal, who is German, through the struggles she encounters during and after the war, reiterating the fact that in war, all sides, citizens and soldiers alike, suffer, regardless of political allegiances. The Ambassador’s Daughter takes place in and around Paris in 1919 during the negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Versailles, the final conclusion to World War I. However what stands out most is the people that were affected by the war Pam Jenoff has created real scenarios, real people with real emotions, thoughts and feelings. But his bespectacled face is solemn, as if seeing for the first time the hopes of so many that hang on his promises.” The Ambassador’s Daughter is an engrossing, yet emotional novel that is filled with history.
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