The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler
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  • Published: 3 June 2013
  • ISBN: 9780091917654
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $34.00

The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

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A fascinating exploration of the character of Adolf Hitler - the most powerful and destructive man in history - by Sunday Times bestselling author Laurence Rees, part of a reissue series celebrating his work.

Fuelled by hate. Unable to form normal human relationships. Unwilling to debate political issues.

In many ways Adolf Hitler seemed an unlikely leader, yet he inspired millions, leading Germany into the cataclysmic events of the Second World War.

But how was Hitler able to exert such power over those around him?

Award-winning historian and documentary maker Laurence Rees draws on twenty years of research into the Third Reich, as well as contemporary accounts of people who knew Hitler, to examine the nature of Hitler's appeal and reveal the role his unique 'charisma' played in his success.

'Offering acerbic insight ... this arresting account asks and answers all the right questions'
Daily Telegraph
  • Published: 3 June 2013
  • ISBN: 9780091917654
  • Imprint: Ebury Press
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 480
  • RRP: $34.00
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About the author

Laurence Rees

Laurence Rees has won the British Book Award for History Book of the Year 2006 for his international bestseller Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'. His career as a writer and filmmaker, focusing on the Nazis and World War II, stretches back nearly 20 years and includes the acclaimed television series Nazis: A Warning from History, War of the Century, Horror in the East and, most recently, Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution'. The body of work has won him a myriad of awards including a BAFTA. a Grierson Award and an international Documentary Award. He was educated at Solihull School and Oxford University and is Creative Director of BBC TV History programmes.

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Horror In The East
Selling Politics
World War Two: Behind Closed Doors
Their Darkest Hour
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Praise for The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

Offering acerbic insight ... this arresting account asks and answers all the right questions

Daily Telegraph

Laurence Rees asks, as always, the right questions, and provides excellent answers. Blending the oral testimony of contemporaries with documentary evidence, he offers sharp insight into the adulation of Hitler by millions of Germans that underpinned his 'charismatic rule'

Professor Sir Ian Kershaw

Laurence Rees has done more for good history on television in this country than anyone else. Over several series, he has examined the most terrible aspects of the Second World War with a passionate longing to understand, while rejecting facile moral judgment

Sir Antony Beevor

Laurence Rees is currently producing the best documentaries ever made about the Nazi era

Clive James