Hitler - Tapa blanda

Joachim Fest's magnificent biography of an evil man who made history with a high-handedness that even in his own day seemed anachronistic, and who taught the world bitter lessons that remain with us today. When first published, this was the first comprehensive German life of Hitler since 1945. It is both scholarly, and accessible to the general reader, combining intellectual and narrative organization with a real insight into the development, ambitions, obsessions and quirks of Hitler's personality. Essential reading for all students of Hitler, or his period of history.

Joachim Fest was born in Berlin in 1926. After WWII, in which he served and was taken prisoner, he joined the RIAS-Berlin radio station where he eventually became head of Contemporary History In 1961 he became Editor-in-Chief of TV for Nordeutscher Rundfunk. He is also the author of THE FACE OF THE THIRD REICH and PLOTTING HITLER'S DEATH.