Hannah Arendt dedicated her life to thinking through the most fundamental and difficult of human problems: totalitarianism, exile, the nature of love and the moral problem of evil. But these were not only philosophical concerns for Arendt - they were also personal. In this immersive new biography, Ann Heberlein shows how Arendt's groundbreaking work was intimately formed by turbulence in both the wider world and her own personal experience. Tracing Arendt's flight from Hitler's Germany and then occupied France, as well as the intensity of her friendships and loves, On Love and Tyranny develops a sharply detailed, complex portrait of Arendt as an involved witness to the crises of her time and an essential thinker for all time.

"Brings [Arendt] vividly to life" - The New European

"As exciting and gripping as a novel... The story of Hannah Arendt is captivating and her ideas are more relevant now than ever" - Världen Idag

"A thoroughly gripping, enthralling and multifaceted read" - Smedjan

"Brilliantly reveals Arendt's thinking . . . effortlessly readable. . . astonishing" - Winnipeg Free Press

"Heberlein's book, superbly translated by Alice Menzies, combines rigorous biographical research with a novelistic story of Arendt's passion... The good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful are thoroughly explored in Heberlein's multi-layered and compelling book" - St. Louis Jewish Light

"[A] nimble and fascinating jaunt through Arendt's life and work" - WritersMosaic