In September 1945 the fate of Adolf Hitler was a complete mystery. He had simply disappeared, and had been missing for four months.
Hugh Trevor Roper, an intelligence officer, was given the task of solving the mystery. His brilliant piece of detective work proved finally that Hitler had killed himself and also tells the story of the last days of the Thousand Year Reich in the Berlin Bunker. Hugh Trevor-Roper was Regius Professor of Modern History at Oxford (1957-80) and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge (1980-87). He is the author of numerous highly successful history titles.
