The Loneliest Man in the World: Inside Story of the Thirty Year Imprisonment of Rudolf Hess - Bird, Eugene K.

Clean, tight, unmarked; dust jacket has a few long tears with associated creases and wear to corners; black cloth covers with gilt title on spine; Long ago Rudolph Hess was the second most powerful man in Germany, Deputy Fuhrer to Adolph Hitler. The almost incredible story is told by a man who, as part of the American garrison at Spandau, and later as the Commandant, watched over Hess's every move and action, won his confidence, talked daily with him, and kept a day-to-day record. Was Hess mad? Colonel Bird's answer is an emphatic no. Is he the totally evil man that many think? Again the author demurs. Above all, was he, when he flew to Scotland in the spring of 1940, trying to make peace with Britain, and did Hitler know what Hess was doing? Readers will find the answers to many other crucial questions about the most enigmatic leader of the Third Reich in the pages of this book.
Good in Fair dust jacket
Hardcover
Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
1974
London, UK