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Parts one and two concern the plaintiff and defendant in this trial and takes us through their lives before meeting in the 1960s.
The plaintiff is a doctor impressed into the service of the Nazis after Poland was overrun in World War II. As head physician in a concentration camp he has the opportunity to save many Jews and other prisoners from the gas chambers. After the war, he becomes a naturalized citizen of the United Kingdom and serves for several years in a free medical clinic in Borneo. Upon resuming private practice, the doctor is confronted with allegations that he collaborated with the Nazis and performed ghastly medical experiments for them. At first he is staunchly defended, but as more evidence comes to light in the trial, his past is revealed.
The defendant served overseas in World War II and recovered in England. He'd been a reporter and a writer of screenplays before and after the war, and one of his books documents the experiences of concentration camp survivors, several of whom cite the plaintiff as the source of their suffering. When he publishes a line to this effect in his latest book, citing "thousands of persons" as opposed to "dozens", he and the publishing house are sued for libel.
Part three of the novel is set in one of Her Majesty's courtrooms (Queen's Bench, Courtroom Seven of the title) where this trial is played out. The jury finds for the plaintiff and awards him one halfpenny in damages -- the lowest amount that can be awarded for damages in Britain. In effect, the whole novel seems to indict the plaintiff for collaborating, while the defendant who is guilty of exaggeration has his literary reputation ruined. As the defendant says before the verdict is read, "Nobody's going to win this trial; we're all losers." And the novel ends with the start of the Six-Day War in which the defendant's son, who emigrated to IsraelThis article discusses the State of Israel. For other meanings of Israel see Israel (disambiguation). The State of Israel Medinat Yisrael in Hebrew, Daulat Israil in Arabic) is a country in the Middle East on the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea., is killed in combat.
The novel was made into a televisionSee TV (disambiguation) for other uses and Television (band) for the rock band Television is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound over a distance. The term has come to refer to all the aspects of television p mini-series in 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped, which aired on ABCPaul Rand in 1962. ABC network re-directs here; an alternate meaning is Australian Broadcasting Corporation The American Broadcasting Company or ABC is a television and radio network in the United States, owned by The Walt Disney Company. History In 1940. It starred Anthony HopkinsSir Anthony Hopkins, CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a British-born American actor who was born Philip Anthony Hopkins in Port Talbot, Wales. He was strongly influenced and encouraged to become an actor by fellow Welshman Richard Burton. He also conquered, Lee RemickLee Remick ( December 14, 1935 July 2, 1991), was an American actress. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, she died of a recurrence of kidney cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 55. Remick was educated at the Hewitt School, Barnard College, Swaboda, and John GielgudSir Arthur John Gielgud OM CH ( April 14, 1904 May 21, 2000) was an English theater and film actor, regarded by many as one of the greatest of his time. John Gielgud was born in Kensington, London, and had a head start in the theatrical profession, being. When it aired it was viewed as a "novel for television" (the first on ABC) and it helped launch the mini-series format.
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