Hitler

Name: Hitler
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Joachim C. Fest
ISBN: 9781982558079

Author: Joachim C. Fest, Richard Winston, Clara Winston

Narrator: Frederick Davidson

Unabridged: 41 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 06/19/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Historical Biography

Synopsis

This masterful biography by one of Germany’s best known journalists was the leading nonfiction bestseller in Germany. Fest shows Hitler as the receptacle of the dreads and resentments of a shaken social order, gifted with an uncanny instinct for all that was hollow behind the appearance of power, at home and abroad. Though a warped human being, he was neither clown nor puppet, as many liked to think; Hitler appears here as an enormously astute politician, impressing and hypnotizing Germans and foreigners alike with the scope of his projects and the theatricality of their presentation. In the last analysis, however, Fest uncovers in Hitler a constantly destructive personality, which aimed at and achieved destruction on an unprecedented scale, not least because an insecure world gave him his opportunities.

About Joachim C. Fest

Joachim C. Fest (1926–2006) was a highly acclaimed historian and journalist, and the author of several widely respected books on Nazi Germany, including The Face of the Third Reich, Plotting Hitler’s Death, and Speer. He worked closely with Albert Speer as the editor of Inside the Third Reich and Spandau: The Secret Diaries.

About Frederick Davidson

Frederick Davidson (1932–2005), also known as David Case, was one of the most prolific readers in the audiobook industry, recording more than eight hundred audiobooks in his lifetime, including over two hundred for Blackstone Audio. Born in London, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and performed for many years in radio plays for the British Broadcasting Company before coming to America in 1976. He received AudioFile’s Golden Voice Award and numerous Earphones Awards and was nominated for a Grammy for his readings.

About Richard Winston

Richard Winston is a National Book Award winner and the author of Charlemagne and Life in the Middle Ages.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lewis on October 31, 2017

UPDATE 10-31-17 ... Today's research for the sequel to A FLOOD OF EVIL ... In July 1939, Adolf Hitler said to Admiral Donitz: on no account must a war with Great Britain be allowed to develop .. A war with England would mean nothing less than "finis Germaniae" ... in September 1939, Germany invaded P......more

Goodreads review by Erik on July 05, 2020

This really is a biography of Hitler, not a history of WWII draped over the events of his life. Indeed, only the last 150 pages or so of this 875 page book (not counting the many pages of photographs) cover the war years and those are substantially treated insofar as they inform us as regards his ch......more

Goodreads review by Nathaniel on April 03, 2019

Just in case you feel compelled to read through the nightmarish rise and catastrophic fall of history's most infamous person, here you go. Five stars for this doorstop work of non-fiction personality horror. Joachim Fest's 1973 bio, the only Hitler bio I've read, is an impeccable analysis of the tim......more

Goodreads review by MadZiddi on July 17, 2021

We might have a Hitler at the helm in Pakistan sometime soon. This is what I inferred by Joachem Fest's classic biography by connecting the dots in Pakistan's political landscape. There was constant interference in the politics of the Weimer republic (unofficially) by the Reichwehr (the German milit......more

Goodreads review by Wendy on June 23, 2014

3.5 Stars really - a comprehensive look at the life and deeds of one of the central figures of World War II. We all know about the concentration camps, the Holocaust, the forced sterilization and elimination of those considered "weak" or "feeble-minded". However, to characterize Adolf Hitler as jus......more

Quotes

“The best single volume available on the torturous life and savage reign of Adolph Hitler.” Time

“An enormous mural of sorcery, conquest, war, and destruction.” Nation

“The most comprehensive of all efforts [on Hitler]…An enormous mural of sorcery, conquest, war, and destruction.” Nation

“Amid the glut of Hitleriana, this is an exceptional biography. It provides a first-rate history of the Fuhrer’s career and its psychological penetration is remarkable…An invaluable work—comparable to Shirer’s Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.” Kirkus Reviews