Already acclaimed in England as "first-rate" ( The Sunday Times ); “a model of meticulous, courageous and path-breaking scholarship"( Literary Review ); and "absorbing and thoroughly gripping… deserves a lasting place among histories ...

" In 1936, Adolf Hitler welcomed the world to Berlin to attend the Olympic Games. Visitors from all over the globe came to see not only a magnificent sporting event, but also a showcase for the newly rebuilt Germany. No effort was spared to pre...