Selling Hitler

Robert Harris
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April 1945: From the ruins of Berlin, a Luftwaffe transport plane takes off carrying secret papers belonging to Adolf Hitler. Half an hour later, it crashes in flames. April 1983: In a bank vault in Switzerland, a German magazine offers to sell more than 50 volumes of Hitler's secret diairies. The asking price is $4 million... Written with the pace and verve of a thriller and hailed on publication as a classic, "Selling Hitler" tells the story of the biggest fraud in publishing history.
Genres: NonfictionHistoryGermanyWorld War IITrue CrimeAudiobookCrimeBiographyHistoricalWar
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