Hitler's Private Library : The Books that Shaped his Life

ISBN-13: 9780099532170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str.

Timothy W Ryback

Opis

Hitler was a passionate reader and by the time he died, he owned an estimated 16,000 books. Timothy Ryback explores what remains of Hitler's collection. He demonstrates that not just the choice of books, but also the comments Hitler added to the books, offer us insights into Hitler's emotional and intellectual world.

Recenzje

Elegantly written, meticulously researched, fascinating Ian Kershaw

O autorze

Timothy W. Ryback is the co-founder of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation at Leiden University in The Netherlands. His previous books include the highly acclaimed Hitler's Private Library: The Books that Shaped his Life, which has been translated into more than twenty languages and was described by Ian Kershaw as 'elegantly written, meticulously researched, fascinating', and The Last Survivor: Legacies of Dachau, which was a New York Times Notable Book for 2000. He has been involved with several institutions dealing with international affairs and served as a lecturer in History and Literature at Harvard University. He has also written for the Atlantic, the New Yorker and the New York Times. He and his wife reside in Paris.