Ian Kershaws Hitler 1889-1936: Hubris" charts the rise of Adolf Hitler from a bizarre misfit in a Viennese dosshouse to dictatorial leadership. With extraordinary skill & vividness drawing on a huge range of sources Kershaw recreates the world which first thwarted & then nurtured Hitler in his youth from early childhood to the first successes of the Nazi Party. As his seemingly pitiful fantasy of being Germanys saviour attracted more & more support Kershaw brilliantly conveys why so many Germans adored Hitler connived with him or felt powerless to resist him. " Supersedes all previous accounts. It is the sort of masterly biography that only a first-rate historian can write". (David Cannadine " Observer" Books of the Year). " The Hitler biography for the 21st century...cool judicious factually reliable & intelligently argued". (Richard Evans " Sunday Telegraph"). " One of the major historical biographies of our times...a riveting read". (Jackie Wullschlager " Financial Times" Best Biographies of the Year). " His analysis of Hitlers extraordinary character has the fascination of a novel but he places his struggle & rise in the context of meticulously researched history... Deeply disturbing. Unforgettable". (A.N. Wilson " Daily Mail"). "A sane erudite moral & intellectually honest biography of the 20th centurys most destructive politician". (Ruth Scurr " The Times"). Ian Kershaws other books include " Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" " Making Friends with Hitler" " Fateful Choices: Ten Decisions that Changed the World 1940-1904" & " The End: Hitlers Germany 1944-1945". " Hitler 1936-1945: Nemesis" received the Wolfson History Prize & the Bruno Kreisky Prize in Austria for Political Book of the Year & was joint winner of the inaugural British Academy Book Prize."