Adolf Hitler, John Toland
Adolf Hitler, John Toland
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Adolf Hitler

Author: John Toland

Narrator: Geoffrey Howard

Unabridged: 44 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/15/2014

Synopsis

A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must read" (Newsweek).Based on previously unpublished documents, diaries, notes, photographs, and dramatic interviews with Hitler's colleagues and associates, this is the definitive biography of one of the most despised yet fascinating figures of the twentieth century. Eminently readable and painstakingly documented, it is a work that will not soon be forgotten.

About John Toland

John Toland (1912–2004) was an award-winning American author and one of the most widely read military historians of the twentieth century. His most well-known work is perhaps The Rising Sun, winner of the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the first book in English to tell the story of the Pacific War from the Japanese perspective. Although primarily an author of historical nonfiction, he also wrote novels, plays, and short stories. Among his published books were four New York Times bestsellers: But Not in Shame, The Last Hundred Days, Adolf Hitler, and Infamy.

About Geoffrey Howard

Geoffrey Howard was a stage actor and an award-winning narrator. He recorded more than 100 audiobooks in his lifetime, and won Audie, AudioFile magazine’s Earphones, and Library Journal awards for his narrations. He died in 2014.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on June 20, 2013

Interesting book with many obscure photos of Hitler during various stages of his life and some commentary, but it is rather strangely arranged with some photos out of sequence and many memorable photos not included. Not sure who helped Toland edit this book, but it could have been done better.......more

Goodreads review by Steven on November 07, 2023

"I hope everyone is appalled and I chose the most shocking examples I could locate." That statement says it all. This is propaganda. It works hard to ignore anything positive about Hitler, including one of the medals he received during WWI. When the author is forced to acknowledge some detail about......more

Goodreads review by Bernie4444 on December 20, 2022

Packed with Pictures This book was meant as a supplement to John Toland's biography of Hitler. It contains 465 photographs, 11 of them in full color. It is hard to describe the pictures to you. Some are candid shots and others are exquisitely staged. They pretty much line up in chronological order an......more

Goodreads review by Chris on January 09, 2016

The book had several interesting pictures that I had not seen before. All in all this is worth a look for all interested in the subject.......more

Quotes

“An unusually revealing picture…highly detailed…a marvelously absorbing popular history…must be ranked as one of the most complete pictures of Hitler we have yet had.”

New York Times

“The first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must read. Much that is new or little known…a marvel of fact.”

Newsweek

“Toland weaves the epic tapestry of popular history, meshing together thousands of details into monumental narratives of wartime drama.”

Chicago Tribune

“A significant contribution to the history of our time.”

Houston Chronicle

“Massive, masterful…should stand as a landmark in the literature of ideological megalomania.”

San Francisco Chronicle

“Thorough, carefully documented, and authoritative.”

Library Journal

Awards

  • Cornelius Ryan Award
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