The Last Days of Hitler - Trevor Roper

'In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months. Hugh Trevor-Roper, a British intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work not only proved finally that Hitler had killed himself in Berlin, but also produced one of the most fascinating history books ever written.' Hugh Trevor-Roper established himself as one of our most famous historians, in no small part thanks to this book, 'The Last Days Of Hitler' which was first published in 1947. In 1945 he was appointed by Counter-Intelligence in the British zone of Germany to find ...  Read the complete review