The Alexander Hamilton you never knew
James Lincoln Collier
Explores the childhood, character, and influential events that shaped the life of Alexander Hamilton, one of America's founding fathers.
Read Time: ~6.7 hr
Hess
by Peter Padfield (2001)
About this book
The flight of Rudolf Hess, the deputy leader of the Nazi Party, to Scotland in May 1941 remains one of the great unresolved mysteries of the Second World War. Did he come on Hitler's commission--or, as he always maintained, without the Fuhrer's knowledge? Was the man who parachuted out of the Messerschmitt Bf 100 really Hess ... or a double? What was his purpose, why was he incarcerated for life in Berlin's Spandau Prison, and was he (as his son alleged) murdered to prevent his revealing an explosive secret? The biographer of Himmler and Donitz navigates these still swirling controversies with confidence, profiling the man, the milieu, and the uppermost echelons of the Nazi hierarchy. The conclusion: Hess was indeed sacrificed ... but he was a most willing victim.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreHess Lead Character
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