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Volume 1 of 2 A major new biography - an extraordinary, penetrating study of the man who has become the personification of evil. The enormous historical significance of Adolf Hitler, indisputably the most studied, infamous, and reviled person ever to live, has overshadowed the man behind the public persona. For decades, misconceptions about Hitler have percolated, with a common notion emerging that he was unintelligent, merely a political animal, with no normal social or romantic relationships to speak of. But to cast Hitler as purely a psychopathic monster is to ignore the facets of his personality that help explain his enigmatic hold on the German populace. With unprecedented nuance and insight, Volker Ullrich recounts Hitler's personal journey from childhood to his failures as a young man in Vienna to his service during the First World War to the missteps and successes in his consolidation of political power. In doing so, Ullrich deftly captures Hitler's canniness, instinctive grasp of politics, and gift for oratory as well as his megalomania, deep insecurity, and repulsive worldview. In all the literature about Adolf Hitler, there have been just four seminal biographies; this i

Author

Volker Ullrich

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf

Language

EN

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction

Rating

4.4 / 5 (295 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13