Hitler

A. N. Wilson was born in Staffordshire and educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a prominent position in the world of literature and journalism. He is a prolific and award-winning biographer and celebrated novelist. His most recent novel, Winnie and Wolf, was longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize. He lives in London.

'In the best short biography of Adolf Hitler for three decades, A. N. Wilson goes straight to the essentials to explain what made the Fuhrer the phenomenon he was. His conclusions make fascinating, if occasionally uncomfortable, reading even two-thirds of a century after Hitler's death.' --Andrew Roberts, author of The Storm of War: A New History of the Second World War 'A. N. Wilson is a born biographer and has an eye for the telling detail. In a book written with verve, insight, and imagination, he gives us a fresh look at Hitler. The story he tells is bound to interest and surprise even those who think they already know and understand this most curious historical figure, one who against all odds rose to become leader of Germany and then promptly brought about the greatest catastrophe in European history.' --Robert Gellately, author of Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe 'brilliantly dissecting Hitler!. a stimulating triumph of the mind' Sunday Express 'brims with the author's customary zip and zing' The Spectator 'Wilson!brings a witty, novelist's insight into what made Hitler tick. He seems to understand Hitler's character in a way many historians never could.' Mail on Sunday