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Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe

Personality and Power

Europe, 1950-2017

Roller-Coaster

Europe, 1914-1949

To Hell and Back

The Story of Operation Valkyrie

Luck of the Devil

Germany, 1944-45

The End

Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941

Fateful Choices

Lord Londonderry and Britain's Road to War

Making Friends with Hitler

Hubris

Hitler 1889-1936

Nemesis

Hitler 1936-1945

Hitler

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Supersedes all previous accounts. It is the sort of masterly biography that only a first-rate historian can write

The Hitler biography for the twenty-first century

I cannot imagine a better biography of this great tyrant emerging for a long while

Magisterial ... anyone who wishes to understand the Third Reich must read Kershaw, for no one has done more to lay bare Hitler's morbid psyche

For the present generation, Kershaw's Hitler stands out as a clear beacon of truth, illuminating a dark age of terror and mendacity

Mesmerizing ... presents the twentieth century's most controversial life in a single sweep

Now at last in a single, abridged paperback - the definitive life. 
 
Ian Kershaw's two-volume biography of Hitler was greeted with universal acclaim as the essential work on one of the most malign figures in history. Now this landmark biography is available in one single, abridged edition, tracing the story of how a bitter, failed art student from an obscure corner of Austria rose to unparalleled power, destroying the lives of millions and unleashing Armageddon.

Now available in a single, abridged paperback, Ian Kershaw's Hitler is the definitive biography of the Nazi leader. 
 
 Ian Kershaw's two volume biography, Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis, was greeted with universal acclaim as the essential work on one of the most malign figures in history, from his earliest origins to the final days of the Second World War. 
 
 Now this landmark historical work is available in one single, abridged edition, tracing the story of how a bitter, failed art student from an obscure corner of Austria rose to unparalleled power, destroying the lives of millions and bringing the world to the brink of Armageddon. 
 
 'Supersedes all previous accounts. It is the sort of masterly biography that only a first-rate historian can write' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;David Cannadine, Observer 
 'The Hitler biography for the twenty-first century' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Richard Evans, Sunday Telegraph 
 'I cannot imagine a better biography of this great tyrant emerging for a long while' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Jeremy Paxman 
 'Magisterial ... anyone who wishes to understand the Third Reich must read Kershaw, for no one has done more to lay bare Hitler's morbid psyche' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Niall Ferguson, Sunday Telegraph 
 'For the present generation, Kershaw's Hitler stands out as a clear beacon of truth, illuminating a dark age of terror and mendacity' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Mail on Sund 
 'An achievement of the very highest order' &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Michael Burleigh, Financial Times 
 
 Ian Kershaw (b. 1943) was Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield from 1989-2008, and is one of the world's leading authorities on Hitler. His books include The 'Hitler Myth', his two volume biography Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris and Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis, and Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-1941. He was knighted in 2002.

IAN KERSHAW is the author of Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris; Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis; Making Friends with Hitler; and Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World, 1940-4. Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis received the Wolfson History Prize and the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year, and was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize. Until his retirement in 2008, Ian Kershaw was Professor of Modern History at the University of Sheffield. For services to history he was given the German award of the Federal Cross of Merit in 1994. He was knighted in 2002 and awarded the Norton Medlicott Medal by the Historical Association in 2004. He is a Fellow of the British Academy.

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