Hitler'sPrivateLibrary:TheBooksthatShapedhisLife
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- 出版社 Vintage
- 出版时间 2010年2月
- ISBN 9780099532170
- 定价 135.60
内容简介
*Hewas,ofcourse,amanbetterknownforburningbooksthancollectingthemandyetbythetimehedied,aged56,AdolfHitlerownedanestimated16,000volumes-theworksofhistorians,philosophers,poets,playwrightsandnovelists.Apassionatereader,hisworldviewwaslargelyformedbythebooksheread.*FormorethanfiftyyearstheremnantsofHitler'sprivatelibraryoccupiedshelf-spaceinclimate-controlledobscurityintherarebookdivisionoftheLibraryofCongressinWashington.TimothyRybackisthefirsttosystematicallyexplorethisremarkablecollection,aswellasseveralothercacheswhichhesubsequentlydiscoveredinEuropeandelsewhere.*ThevolumesinHitler'slibraryarefascinatinginthemselvesbutitisthemarginalia-thecomments,theexclamationmarks,thequestionsandunderlinings-eventhedirtythumbprintsonthepagesofabookhereadinthetrenchesoftheFirstWorldWar-whicharesorevealing.Togethertheytakeusclosertothemanandhisthinkingthaneverseemedpossible.*Hitler'sPrivateLibraryprovidesuswitharemarkableviewofHitler'sevolution-andunparalleledinsightsintohisemotionalandintellectualworld.Utterlycompelling,itisalsoalandmarkinourunderstandingoftheThirdReich.
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