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

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Description for Hitler´s Private Library: The Books that Shaped his Life Paperback. He was, of course, a man better known for burning books than collecting them and yet by the time he died, aged 56, Adolf Hitler owned an estimated 16,000 volumes - the works of historians, philosophers, poets, playwrights and novelists. This title provides a view of Hitler's evolution and offers insights into his emotional and intellectual world. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; BGH; HBJD; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 304.

He was, of course, a man better known for burning books than collecting them and yet by the time he died, aged 56, Adolf Hitler owned an estimated 16,000 volumes - the works of historians, philosophers, poets, playwrights and novelists.

For the first time, Timothy W. Ryback offers a systematic examination of this remarkable collection. The volumes in Hitler's library are fascinating in themselves but it is the marginalia - the comments, the exclamation marks, the questions and underlinings - even the dirty thumbprints on the pages of a book he read in the trenches of the First ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Weight
303g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099532170
SKU
V9780099532170
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About Timothy W. Ryback
Timothy W. Ryback is the author of The Last Survivor: Legacies of Dachau, a New York Times Notable Book for 1999, and he has written for The Atlantic, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. He is the co-founder of the Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation in The Hague and the Deputy-Secretary General of the Académie Diplomatique Internationale ... Read more

Reviews for Hitler´s Private Library: The Books that Shaped his Life
Elegantly written, meticulously researched, fascinating
Ian Kershaw
Lively and entertaining survey of the dictator's reading ... a wealth of fascinating detail
Richard Overy
Sunday Telegraph
Enlightening
Clive Sinclair, Book of the Week
Independent
Ryback has made an original and interesting contribution to the study of this monster, not least by showing that, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Hitler´s Private Library: The Books that Shaped his Life


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