The House on the Canal: The Story of the House that Hid Anne Frank
About this audiobook
An enthralling portrait of one of the most famous buildings in the world—the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam—and its four-hundred years of history.
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.
The House on the Canal is the enthralling portrait of one remarkable house through time: a place of life, death, work, sanctuary, celebration, and an enduring memorial to the horrors of war and a young girl’s hope for humanity.
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About the author
Thomas Harding is a bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than sixteen languages. He is the 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 “Golden Dagger Award” for nonfiction; and most recently, White Debt, which the Guardian described as “striking [and] full of details that will send a chill down your spine.” Thomas lives in Florence, Italy.
