Book description
In this compelling new reconstruction, Germany's greatest historian of
Nazism describes in vivid detail the claustrophobic atmosphere of the
Fuhrer's bunker during the bitter last days of the war when, drugged and
enfeebled, Hitler veered between hysterical despair and lunatic optimism
while his regime disintegrated amid desperate acts of betrayal,
recrimination and suicide. 'vivid and creepy, as well as darkly comic' -
Mail On Sunday 'unputdownable' - Sunday Times 'Nobody has written a
better account' - Observer 'such pace, drama and immediacy that one
could almost believe he had been an eye-witness' - The Spectator 'moves
like a blood racing thriller' - Catholic Times 'There has never been a
more evocative account' - Daily Mail
Joachim Fest is the author of several highly regarded, award winning
books on Nazi Germany including Speer: The Final Verdict, Plotting
Hitler's Deat, The Face Of The Third Reich and his classic biography
of Adolf Hitler, Hitler.
