When he received positive responses from them, he decided to self publish the book locally and then nationally. We have new and used copies available, in 1 editions. Doubtless one of the more memorable episodes from last years libel trial of david irving v. Evanss masterly trilogy on the history of nazi germany traces the rise and fall of german military might, the mobilization of a peoples community to serve a war of conquest, and hitlers campaign of racial subjugation and genocide. To materials that are frustratingly meager, or overwhelmingly profuse, they bring an array of tools that range from agreedupon rules of documentation to the critical application of social and economic theory, all employed with the aim of reconstructing a verifiable, usable past. The book takes place after the events of his last book, titled the coming of the third reich, which focuses primarily on the ideological background and rising nationalism and fascism in germany in the 1920s and early 1930s. Evans books list proves to be the excellent escape from the reality. It is an excellent thing if you can escape into the world. S byatt, in the times literary supplementrichard j. Evanss gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, from the revolutions of 1830 and. Evans is regius professor emeritus of history at the university of cambridge and president of wolfson college, cambridge. Richard j evanss books include the third reich in history and memory and the pursuit of power 18151914. Evans was born in london and educated at oxford university.
His books include death in hamburg winner of the wolfson literary award for history, in hitlers shadow, rituals of retribution winner of the fraenkel prize in contemporary history, in. The third reich trilogy is a series of three narrative history books by the british historian richard j. War ii, the history of the concentration camp, as nikolaus wachsmann reminds us in his impressive and authoritative new study, begins much earlier. Author of in hitlers shadow, rethinking german history, the coming of the third reich, the german working class, 18881933, the feminists, the feminist movement in germany, 18941933, the german unemployed, the german peasantry. Evans is regius professor of history and president of wolfson college at cambridge university and the author of numerous books on modern german history. Evans, is the second book in evans third reich trilogy on the rise and fall of the nazis in germany. Deborah lipstadt was the lengthy clash between irving. Richard j evans eric hobsbawm spent his life investigating the trends and changes shaping our world. Evanss third reich at war couldnt have come at a better time.
The idea of concentrating a states enemies in a camp. Evans is regius professor emeritus of history at cambridge university. Not for him the subtleties of the complex interplay of historical forces and individual personalities. Eric hobsbawms dangerous reputation books the guardian. It is an overview with different angles than those of shirer, kershaw, and burleigh and that is.
Knighted in 2012 for his services to scholarship, he is the author of many prizewinning and bestselling books, including his acclaimed study of the third reich, whose three volumes have been translated into sixteen languages. It is more fascinating if you can just go for living someone elses life. Richard paul evans wrote his story and gave his friends and family a copy as a gift for christmas. History, holocaust, and the david irving trial, by richard j. Evans explains that he is breaking no new ground but that this book is primarily for the edification of those who know little or nothing about hitler or the third reich. The coming of the third reich the history of the third reich book 1 jan 25, 2005. Evans, bestselling historian of nazi germany, returns with a monumental new addition to the acclaimed penguin history of europe series, covering the period from the fall of napoleon to the outbreak of world war i. Drugs in nazi germany, translated by shaun whiteside, is published by allen. A new book documents the ordinary lives of germans caught in a country and. Sir richard john evans fba frsl frhists flsw born 29 september 1947 is a british historian of 19th and 20thcentury europe with a focus on germany. Its history is not merely a collection of national pasts. You can, for a while escape from the harsh realities of life.
Evans was educated at oxford, has taught at columbia and the university of london, and is currently the professor of modern history at cambridge. According to ian kershaw, it is the most comprehensive history in any language of the disastrous epoch of the third reich, which has. Evans shows us how historians manage to extract meaning from the recalcitrant past. Evans is president of wolfson college, cambridge and provost of gresham college. This lecture asks how and why european powers embarked on this trajectory. What do you say about a book as finely researched, as meticulously executed, as solidly paced, as informative and horrifying and shocking as the third reich at war. His previous books include in defence of history, telling lies about hitler, the coming of the third reich, the third reich in power and the third reich at war. Evans covering the rise and collapse of nazi germany in detail, with a focus on the internal politics and the decisionmaking process. Evans s the coming of the third reich is an enormous work of synthesisknowledgable and reliable. Online shopping from a great selection at books store.
An age of extremes, charlotte square gardens, 14 aug, 12. Evanss most recent major book is the pursuit of power. Choose a print, digital, or all access subscription. Each of his thirtynine novels has been a new york times bestseller. Richard evans is regius professor of history and president of wolfson college at cambridge university and author of the third reich at war, published by the penguin press in 2009. There are more than twenty million copies of his books in print worldwide, translated into more than twentyfour languages. He is the author of eighteen books, including his threevolume the third reich trilogy 20032008 that has been hailed as brilliant and magisterial. He has taught at columbia university and birkbeck, university of london, and since 2014 has been the regius. The coming of the third reich is a masterwork of the historians art and the book by which all others on the subject will be judged. Evans is regius professor of history and president of wolfson college, cambridge. From the 1880s through to the first world war, european empires slowly imposed their control on the territories that in many cases existed merely on paper. A central aim of this book is to recreate all these things for a modern readership, and to remind readers that, to quote another wellknown aphorism about history, the past is a foreign country. Until 2014 he was the regius professor of history at cambridge university.
Richard j evans, professor of modern history, university of cambridge. Evans was regius professor of history at the university of cambridge from 2008 until his. A life in history, published by little, brown in the uk in february 2019 and by oxford university press in the usa. Benjamin carter hetts letter contains the same non sequiturs and illogicalities as his book. Evans portrays a society rushing headlong to selfdestruction and taking much of. Professor richard j evans, as the defences lead expert witness, is something of a cameo role in the film, but of course it was the work of him and his team, in the two years before the trial, which made victory in court possible. Evans and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. It is a masterpiece and all i can say to richard j. This is an exceptional book that begins with the invasion of poland and ends with the nuremburg trials. He has taught at columbia university and birkbeck, university of london, and since 2014 has.
Evans portrays a society rushing headlong to selfdestruction and taking much of europe with it. This book provides a study of how historians mainly german, american, british, and french have provided a series of differing and often conflicting readings of the german past in recent years. Evans has 51 books on goodreads with 57825 ratings. Reich and a recent collection of essays, the third reich in history and memory. An absorbing, revelatory, and definitive account of one of the greatest tragedies in human history adroitly blending narrative, description, and analysis, richard j. British historians and the european continent by richard j evans online at alibris. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers.
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